Air cooled motor for 991

masraum · 04-04-2015, 09:42 AM

EXCLUSIVE: Porsche Exclusive to offer air-cooled engines for Porsche 991s | Total 911

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Ever since 1998, Porsche 911 traditionalists have bemoaned Zuffenhausen’s switch to water-cooled flat sixes. However, Total 911 can exclusively reveal that this is all about to change thanks to a new scheme from Porsche Exclusive.

Porsche’s bespoke department – the team behind one-off builds such as Mansour Oijeh’s 935 street car – has announced that, from today, Porsche 991 Carrera owners will be able to swap their 3.4 or 3.8-litre DFI flat six for a specially developed 4.1-litre air-cooled unit.

The new air-cooled motor uses a horizontal cooling fan to suck air through the 991’s decklid cover after Exclusive’s engineers found the current 911’s engine bay too small to fit a vertical fan flat six (as seen on most classic 911s).

As well as fitting the new air-cooled engine (the first to be fitted in a 911 since the 993), Porsche Exclusive will remap the car’s electronic system in order to remove the water temperature functionality from the 991’s digital fourth dashboard gauge.

They had me going for a bit. I was skeptical, and then saw the date.

mreid · 04-04-2015, 11:58 AM

Yes, and a 4.1 liter engine...

DanielDudley · 04-04-2015, 01:25 PM

Air Cooled Engines. Proof that God Loves us, and wants us to be happy.

Norm K · 04-04-2015, 04:04 PM

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Originally Posted by DanielDudley

Air Cooled Engines. Proof that God Loves us, and wants us to be happy.

Well, that and Tang: grape, orange and, hmmmm, I know there's one more but it eludes me at the moment...

yetibone · 04-04-2015, 04:05 PM

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Originally Posted by nkowi

Well, that and Tang: grape, orange and, hmmmm, I know there's one more but it eludes me at the moment...

Poon flavor!

puddy · puddy's Garage

That's just a cruel tease.

Chuck Moreland · 04-04-2015, 09:34 PM

It's true.

WPOZZZ · 04-04-2015, 11:03 PM

April Fools!

sc_rufctr · 04-05-2015, 01:00 AM

HAR HAR... Very funny.

BUT I wouldn't want an air cooled motor in the current car anyway.
It would be bogged down with all the ad on bits and bloat. Can you imagine? It would be a real dog.
The fact is the water cooled engine is more efficient than the air cooled version.

Give me a classic 911 sans power steering or air conditioning any day of the week.

If I had to have a modern one it would be the RUF with the alloy V8 hanging out the back.
Maybe not so elegant but at lest it would be reliable.