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Originally posted by legion
See, and I was always of the opinion that they went with the 8V head on all turbo 944s/968s so as not to embarass the 911...
the 968 turbo embarasses the 911 even with 8valves;
http://vista.pca.org/stl/968t.htm

seriously though, they had problems with the 16valve head, and found it really wasn't necessary.

even bob norwood's legendary porsche 968 'doom' cars which put out +500hp all use the same 8valve head.
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