"PS9" (PS9)
04/29/2015 at 19:48 • Filed to: None
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I cannot decide.
G_Body_Man: Sponsored by the number 3
> PS9
04/29/2015 at 19:51 |
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I that an air-cooled 944?!?!?!
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PS9
> G_Body_Man: Sponsored by the number 3
04/29/2015 at 19:52 |
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It is.
Steve in Manhattan
> PS9
04/29/2015 at 19:53 |
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I believe that is an air-cooled engine.
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G_Body_Man: Sponsored by the number 3
> PS9
04/29/2015 at 19:54 |
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OPPOsaurus WRX
> PS9
04/29/2015 at 19:57 |
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What would the benefit of that be?
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PS9
> OPPOsaurus WRX
04/29/2015 at 20:05 |
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Two extra cylinders = more power strokes = more torque relative to the same power output with fewer cylinders/power strokes, air cooling = no need for a radiator and heat exchanging fluid = massive weight savings even if you don’t get a power gain over the NA four, coolness factor and rarity; not too many flat six air cooled 944s out there...
You could likely get the power by just turbo-ing the 4, but you won’t get a linear response that way. You could have just SBC’d/LS1’d it, but everybody and their mother does that. These folks had the time/energy/funds for something else, so why not?
Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell.
> PS9
04/29/2015 at 20:20 |
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Your last two words sum it up best.
“Why not?”
Sometimes it’s cool when car guys do things just because they think it’s cool or a bit different, with no real logic behind it.
Fookin' Prawns
> PS9
04/29/2015 at 20:25 |
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Are there any modifications to the front to increase airflow? Otherwise that sounds dicey.
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OPPOsaurus WRX
> PS9
04/29/2015 at 21:04 |
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fair enough. I didn;t even realize there was a difference in cylender count. I figured on the wieght savings but I wasn;t sure if there would be a power difference.
Frank Grimes
> PS9
04/29/2015 at 22:57 |
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what the wut. how does the coooling get to the cylinders?
swaptastic
> PS9
04/30/2015 at 18:22 |
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I have been trying to track down this car for a while. The most I could find was this was used in Sweden in endurance racing and may have been driven by Björn Persson at some point.
Autofixation
> PS9
05/02/2015 at 19:20 |
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Good, now I don't feel so crazy for wanting to do this to my Subaru.
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Autofixation
> PS9
05/02/2015 at 19:21 |
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And lower center of gravity.