987 spyder/r no flat6 replacement !981.2 flat4

[itsybitsy]

http://www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/new-cars/porsche...


this will most likely be the 981.2 and therefore go in any future spyder/r

[shoestring7]

RIght up my street; near 400bhp (as there's no need to handicap a 4-pot), a bit lighter and ~40mpg.

What's not to like?

SS7

[itsybitsy]

no doubt it will be a cracker but imho a porsche should be a flat6 n/a engine|

[Mayhem911]

Lets hope this one isn't made from chocolate!!

[shoestring7]

itsybitsy said:

no doubt it will be a cracker but imho a porsche should be a flat6 n/a engine

What does that make this then?

http://www.icewallpapers.com/view/porsche_904_carr...

SS7

[rob.kellock]

Spyder now set for greatness for sure...

Last pure analogue sports car they will ever make?

[mrdemon]

rob.kellock said:

Spyder now set for greatness for sure...

Last pure analogue sports car they will ever make?

no the R was that :-).

Edited by mrdemon on Saturday 22 March 09:54

[itsybitsy]

mrdemon said:

no the R was that :-).

Edited by mrdemon on Saturday 22 March 09:54

no any 987.2 or 997.2 they are all great cars.and if you want a 911 in its purist form then the 997.2 3.6 non pasm car imho is pick of the bunch

Edited by itsybitsy on Saturday 22 March 11:46

[mrdemon]

not really they all had PASM and no diff till later option which very few had.

And PASM on does not really work on UK roads at all.

[shoestring7]

mrdemon said:

not really they all had PASM and no diff till later option which very few had.

And PASM on does not really work on UK roads at all.

If fitted to the car, PASM is always on.

SS7

[itsybitsy]

pasm was not standard on the 997.2 3.6?

[VladD]

shoestring7 said:

itsybitsy said:

no doubt it will be a cracker but imho a porsche should be a flat6 n/a engine

What does that make this then?

http://www.icewallpapers.com/view/porsche_904_carr...

SS7

Heaven.

[VladD]

itsybitsy said:

mrdemon said:

no the R was that :-).

Edited by mrdemon on Saturday 22 March 09:54

no any 987.2 or 997.2 they are all great cars.and if you want a 911 in its purist form then the 997.2 3.6 non pasm car imho is pick of the bunch

Edited by itsybitsy on Saturday 22 March 11:46

What about a 987.1 3.2 with a low pressure turbo?

[mrdemon]

shoestring7 said:

If fitted to the car, PASM is always on.

SS7

Not really, I have had a PASM car and my mate has a PASM car, when it's on you know about it.

Yes it adjusts on it's own, but on is very much more on :-p

[shoestring7]

mrdemon said:

shoestring7 said:

If fitted to the car, PASM is always on.

SS7

Not really, I have had a PASM car and my mate has a PASM car, when it's on you know about it.

Yes it adjusts on it's own, but on is very much more on :-p

It's an active system. It's always working, you just set the damping parameter.

SS7

[HokumPokum]

mrdemon said:

rob.kellock said:

Spyder now set for greatness for sure...

Last pure analogue sports car they will ever make?

no the R was that :-).

Edited by mrdemon on Saturday 22 March 09:54

Corrected for you.
last pure analogue and unique/beautiful looking sports car they will ever make.

AND condition for analogue and unique

[OlberJ]

shoestring7 said:

What does that make this then?

http://www.icewallpapers.com/view/porsche_904_carr...

SS7

It makes it not quite as good as this http://rmauctions.com/lots/lot.cfm?lot_id=1060537

[gl20]

Quite possible that they mean this engine will be introduced for the next all new model rather than the face lift. There again the 987.2 got the DFI unit, although this new engine change is much more of a change. Who knows..

[shoestring7]

OlberJ said:

shoestring7 said:

What does that make this then?

http://www.icewallpapers.com/view/porsche_904_carr...

SS7

It makes it not quite as good as this http://rmauctions.com/lots/lot.cfm?lot_id=1060537

I see your 6-pot $1.2m 904 and raise you a 4-banger $3.14m RSK718:



SS7

[DiscoColin]

shoestring7 said:

RIght up my street; near 400bhp (as there's no need to handicap a 4-pot), a bit lighter and ~40mpg.

What's not to like?

SS7

The words "up to" 400ps will apply. So much like the Macan, I reckon that there is every chance that the same engine will be offered in a range of tune. I suspect 320, 360, 400 for Cayman, S and GTS respectively with an artificial -10ps for the equivalent Boxsters... Sound right to you guys?

Surely the next thing would be for the rumour mill to suggest that the next iteration of 911s will all be derived flat 6 turbos...?

As for what's not to like - surely we have to wait and see, but as long as it doesn't strangle the soundtrack too much it isn't necessarily destined to be a bad thing.

And for those championing some kind of classic status for the 987 R as an end of the line turning point - surely all that is has over the just announced Cayman GTS (available with non-PASM dampers and 20mm lower ride height for no extra charge) is that it's power steering is not electric and you had the option to delete the stereo and carry less fuel?