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The Porsche 718 Cayman adopts the same turbocharged 4 - cylinder flat engines from the 718 Boxster.

Not exact matches

Power came from a 2.2 - liter turbocharged flat - four engine, officially sending 276 hp to all - four wheels through a five - speed manual transmission.

Under the body we know that power for both Subaru and Toyota versions of the car will come from a Subaru - developed 2 - litre flat four engine.

However, Bell is let down by the GT - R's flat engine note, and the fact that it's all - wheel - drive system is obvious and ever - present, unlike the Audi R8 he recently drove that felt like a rear - drive car with occasional help from the front wheels.

Not much technical info was provided, but Subaru claims the weaponized WRX STI packs 600 hp from a turbocharged 2.0 - liter flat - four engine, not the 2.5 - liter engine U.S. - spec STIs get.

Up front, the relatively asthmatic 2.0 - liter FA20 flat - four engine is ripped out and supplanted by a 4.5 - liter V - 8 from a Ferrari 458 Italia.

The same two flat - six engine options from the droptop appear in the Cayman: either a 274 - hp 2.7 - liter in the Cayman or a 325 - hp 3.4 - liter in the Cayman S; both available with a six - speed manual or seven - speed PDK dual - clutch transmission.

It produced 360bhp and 273 lb ft of torque from its atmospheric «Mezger» 3.6 - litre flat - six engine, which, when combined with the car's skinny 1350 kg kerbweight, could launch the car from 0 to 60mph in 4.5 sec.

Power came from a 3.6 - liter twin - turbocharged flat - six engine, outfitted standard with the X50 power pack, boosting output to around 450 hp.

The engine is the same 1.6 - litre turbocharged bundle found in the Mini Cooper S but in the DS3 Racing it is tuned to a JCW - rivalling 204bhp and 203 lb ft, which should see it sprint from standstill to 62mph in 6.5 sec before going on to reach 146mph flat - out.

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A heavily tweaked 3.8 - litre flat - six from the Turbo S sits on active engine mounts.

The numbers are pretty astonishing, with the GT2 RS producing a maximum power output of 691bhp and 553 lb ft of torque, from a 911 Turbo S derived 3.8 - litre twin - turbo flat - six engine; some 120bhp more than a Turbo S.

The Porsche's motor sounds dull in comparison and feels a backward step from the 981 generation flat - six engines.

It pulls hard from low down in the rev range with no discernible turbo lag, and while some turbocharged engines feel flat and unexciting closer to the redline the ST's unit revs all the way out with real verve.

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The engine is the glorious 4 - litre, naturally aspirated flat - six, lifted straight from the 991 GT3 RS.

The 914/6 models, of which only about 3,300 were built, boasted 125 hp from the 2.0 - liter flat - six and could hit 60 mph in around 8 seconds — considerably quicker than the regular VW - engined 914 and close to the performance of contemporary 911s.

When it became official that the new Porsche 718 Boxster and Cayman were switching from naturally aspirated flat - six engines to turbocharged flat - fours, the chorus responded with the usual anxiety and avalanche of complaints.

Courtesy of a new parallel twin - turbo system featuring Borg - Warner turbos with integrated wastegates and titanium heat shields, an updated fuel system, ECU, exhaust system, and clutch system, the pinnacle of Canepa's 959 tuning saga now makes 763 hp and 635 lb - ft of torque from its flat - six engine.

The engine I'm rebuilding (Skoda Estelle / 120, 70's, RWD, rear mounted engine) was manufactured with two different pistons, depending the fabrication years: one piston kind has 4 rings and a cut from the oil ring to the bottom, at one side, and has a flat head.

As you accelerate, a deep warble emanates from the engine bay that's occasionally reminiscent of Porsche's current turbocharged flat - six in the Carrera.

The GT3 RS's naturally aspirated 4 - litre flat - six is carried over from the previous - generation car (and the current GT3), with power increasing by 20bhp to 513bhp at 8450rpm (200rpm higher than its predecessor) and torque rising by 7 lb ft to 346 lb ft.. There's a new titanium exhaust with 91 mm diameter pipes, a revised intake system and a new engine management system that account for the slightest of gains in the sprints (at 3.2 seconds it's a tenth quicker than the old car to 62mph) but will have a bigger impact on the car's as - yet - undisclosed Nürburgring lap time.

MALMÖ, Sweden — Those fans of vintage air - cooled Porsche 911s welded to the urgent rasp of a flat - six engine had best grab a Cayman GT4 at any price, because the sounds from the new 2017 718 Cayman and Cayman S, however unfamiliar, represent the powerful wave of a turbocharged future.

Interestingly, Autocar also speculates that the Porsche 911 GT will use the naturally aspirated 3.8 - liter flat - six from the current Porsche 911 GT3, going against the 911 lineup's move towards turbocharged engines that's scheduled for later this year.

Instead, the flat - crank dry - sump engine was sourced from the victorious Le Mans Series monoposto, where NVH is not an issue.

The Porsche 911 GT2 RS — third - placed in 2010 — is no longer on sale, carved from the old 997 - gen 911, but it was the generation at its most hardcore, a 611bhp twin - turbo flat - six engine driving only the rear wheels via a good old - fashioned (and incredibly good) manual gearbox.

At the same time, the Carrera 4 and Targa 4 gain other advancements made to the range when the turbocharged flat - six engines were introduced, from small styling tweaks to further improvements in the chassis.

Although the CTR3 is the same length as a 911, its wheelbase is a whopping 10.8 in longer to accommodate the repositioning of the twin - turbo flat - six engine (increased from 3.6 to 3.7 litres and based on the 996 Turbo's powerplant, not the 997's) so it sits in front of rather than behind the rear axle.

When it hits the roads, it's set to mate a Subaru Impreza - sourced 2 - litre flat - four boxer engine to a rear - wheel drive chassis, modified from the all - wheel - drive Subaru Legacy.

Like all other 917s, power comes from a hefty air - cooled flat - 12 engine, usually with power outputs hovering around the 600 hp mark.

Anoraks like us would probably guess from the hollow howl and slightly plain idle that the heat to be extracted is generated by a flat - plane crank Ferrari V8, and a glance through the engine cover confirms this.

The second - generation 911 began building muscle by upping the engine size and power output from that of the original 1964 model's 2.0 - liter SOHC air - cooled flat six.

The 2.5 - litre flat - four has been upgraded from 345bhp to 360bhp with the aide of a redesigned air intake and a recalibration of the engine's ecu, with torque rising from 310 lb ft to 317 lb ft, the latter generated from just 1900rpm.

These types of V - 8 engines don't usually go above 4.5 liters or so, primarily due to problems controlling excessive vibrations, but Ford is reportedly testing its 5.2 - liter engine with extras like vibration dampers and a beefed - up electric system to deal with the excess shaking effects that come from a flat - plane crank engine of this size.

For 2018, the Audi A5 and S5 coupe get slightly wider, flatter grilles and two new engines to choose from — a 2.0 - liter I - 4 or a turbocharged 3.0 - liter V - 6.

The Subaru WRX STI produces 296bhp from its 2.5 - litre flat - four turbocharged engine.

The flat - six engine under the hood of the Cayman GT4 produces 185 HP at 7400 RPM and is capable of sprinting from 0 - 60 mph in just 4.2 seconds.

The engineer from Subaru Tecnica International (STI) is mum for a minute before showing a little skin, and then he tells us that this car's turbocharged 2.0 - liter flat - four resembles the engine from the U.S. version of the WRX, but it's been upgraded with blueprinted internals, a set of carefully weighed and balanced pistons, and a larger capacity ball - bearing turbocharger.

In fact, while chatting with Turner about supercharging and amazing stuff such as the Napier Nomad flat - 12 two - stroke diesel compound aero engine (his favourite engine) is cool, the really fascinating area is his views on the future of the internal combustion engine and how we're going to get more power from it.

The engine only displaced 1.6 - liters, but it was a variant of the four - cam flat - four from the dominant 550 Spyder of the 1950s.

Very desirable factory wide - bodied»S» with good history... The looks of the Carrera 4 with the simplicity of two - wheel driveThe ubiquitous 285bhp, flat - six is as good as everComing from a private collection, so recently little usedSupplied with a large history file including stamped maintenance book reflecting caring ownershipAll 993s are sought - after, particularly the»S» with its looks and sublime handlingCherished number plate will be retained by the vendor Exterior: 4/5, Interior: 4/5, Engine: 4/5, Transmission: 4/5, Running gear: 4/5, Electrics: 4/5, Vehicle history: 3/5 For a full condition report, view this car on www.classiccarauctions.co.uk/1997-porsche-911-993-carrera-s-tiptronic.

After borrowing a plug - in hybrid drivetrain system from Toyota and adding it to its own flat - four engine layout, Subaru has created its first plug - in car

It sits almost completely flat even during hard cornering and sudden changes of direction, which are rewarding to initiate via the quick steering that's also well weighted and delivers good communication without any unwanted feedback from road irregularities or engine torque.

With 400 hp and 325 pound - feet of torque, the 4S version of the 911 Carrera's 3.8 - litre flat six - cylinder engine can't match the ratings from AWD GT rivals like the $ 100,895 BMW 650i xDrive (443 hp; 479 lb - ft) or $ 106,280 Nissan GT - R (545 hp; 463 lb - ft), leaving the Porsche one second behind the Nissan in the run from zero to 100 km / h.

The Cayman GT4 Clubsport is expected to get its motivation from a naturally aspirated 4.0 L flat six - cylinder engine that will also power the regular 718 Cayman GT4.

Every little nuance of what's happening comes up through the chassis and the enlarged flat - six has such hearty torque from 4,500 rpm and up, it's easy to carry speed without wringing out the engine.

Power is derived from a 3.8 litre flat six petrol engine which produces 400bhp.

If the flat - sounding RS 5 Coupe's exhaust note from the same engine is any indication, sadly the outgoing RS 4 Avant's heart - tingling V8 burble and bellow will be a «goner».