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| They should maintain the present with flat sixes in Porsches. |
   
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13 | 41.94% |
| V-8s are ok. That means more power. |
  
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13 | 41.94% |
| Don't care. |
  
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4 | 12.90% |
| What is a flat six. |
  
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1 | 3.23% |
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#16
03-31-2003, 02:04 PM
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04-01-2003, 10:51 PM
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It's also known as a "boxer" engine, or horizontally opposed.
Imagine a V6 engine, with the Vee being 90 degrees, a right angle. No imagine making it a 180 degree Vee, with the crankshaft in teh middle, and cylinders on either side. It makes for a very low centre of gravity.   
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04-02-2003, 10:00 AM
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I love the "clip on" valve covers on the last engine, is that from a Beatle?
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05-10-2003, 08:45 PM
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Yes, that would be from a beetle
 I've decided I want either an early 911, or a 914/6
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05-31-2003, 07:52 PM
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The new 996's have extremely capable chassis, but the engine hanging out back in the current Carreras needs some work. They just aren't built like they used to. People don't think too highly of the Boxster, but for some reason they are still the class performance benchmark. If only Porsche would race a fixed roof Boxster with a V-8 in the middle. One can only dream though...
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06-04-2003, 03:34 AM
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06-04-2003, 11:02 AM
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I doubt it, but I am by no means an expert. It would have to be a quite compact 8 though.
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06-07-2003, 12:01 AM
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It all depends on the V8... I bet a compact V8 like the 360 Modena's engine would quite nicely... Then again, the 5.4 liter 928 GTS engine isn't that bulky
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06-07-2003, 12:09 AM
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does anyone know if the cayenne turbo's v8 is the same one that is in the new audi RS6? they are both twin turbo v8's pumping out 450 horses. i was just wondering...
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07-22-2003, 09:41 AM
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No, the RS-6 engine and Cayenne Turbo engines are completely different.
Interesting note: the difference between a "flat" engine and a "180 degree V" engine is that the boxer motor has one crank pin per piston while the "180 degree V" engine two pistons share the same crank pin. This allows the boxer motors to run with less vibrations. From the outside, a 180 degree V motor and a boxer motor with the same number of cylinders would look identical. If Porsche decided to go with an 8 cylinder horizontally opposed engine in the new 911, they'd probably have to make a 180 degree V-8 out of it because it may prove to be a bit shorter than an 8 cylinder boxer. Not to mention, when considering engines where 2 pistons share the same crank pin, 8 cylinder motors are prone to less vibration than 6 cylinder motors. Nonetheless it wouldn't be the same without the cool sounding flat 6!
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07-22-2003, 02:37 PM
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07-22-2003, 04:07 PM
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It's funny that you should ask, because it's only been in the past few months that I've read it in several different sources. One of the sources was Christopherous Magazine (Porsche's official magazine - at least here in Germany), that sparked my interest so I read up on it on a few sites in the net.
here's some info: http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flat_engine Here's some sort of forum link which touches on the subject: http://www.ultimatecarpage.com/frame...ete.mv&num=177 then there's a short blurb about it here at the bottom: http://www.northwayporsche.co.uk/faq.asp Not too many real good sources available though. I'll try to source out which Christopherous Mag it was...
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07-22-2003, 04:38 PM
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I understand the concept...but none of those sites particularly answer the question. I don't trust "chat" sites (the second site), an encyclopedia that connects the thoughts "air-cooled" and Subaru (assuming they're not referring to the 360) makes me question it, and I'm STILL waiting for the third site to load!
I'll see what I can find.
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