Porsche 996 Turbo/GT2 ENGINE WEIGHT

[boomerkk]

I've been looking for this but can't seem to find it.

Can someone help me and tell me what it the weight of the 3.6L water-cooled Porsche 996 Turbo/GT2 ENGINE please ?

It's the weight of the ENGINE, not the car that I want.

Thanks a million.

[RR-Eng]

The regular 996 3.6 litre engine weighs 190kg.

By comparison the air cooled 3.6 weighs 232kg and the turbo variant of that engine weighs 268kg.

Therefore I would estimate that a 996 TT motor would weigh in at about 225kg.

www.sikhworld.co.uk/Porsche%20911/Porsche911page8.html

www.sikhworld.co.uk/Porsche%20911/Porsche911page7.html

Can't verify the accuracy of the data.

[boomerkk]

thanks for the links.

So the new generation 996 M96 water-cooled engines would be a lot lighter than the older 993 M64 air-cooled engines.

Reasonable considering the advances in technology.

So this car:
www.962c.com
could be potentially even lighter if they used a water-cooled 996 engine??
(it currently has a 3.6L TT aircooled engine - I presume it must be from a 993 block)

Do you agree?

[RobFrost]

The estimate for the turbo won't be correct because the methodology appears to assume it is a turbocharged version of the standard engine. It's not, it's a completely different engine with more in common with its air-cooled predecessors.

[IMI A]

Its basically the same engine as 964/993 3.6 turbo engine but watercooled so same weight. About 260kgs. Over engineered, heavy and sturdy.