the 996 Turbo can be compared to the new 991.2 Carrera, and Carrera S. The super sportscar Porsche made between 2000 and 2006 pumped out 420 horsepower from a 3.6-liter engine and could reach 62 ...

A 415-horsepower AWD Porsche 911 for less than the price of a new four-cylinder Supra? Sign us up. The best part? The 996 Turbo’s engine doesn’t have the weak points common to naturally ...

Compared with the previous 993 model, the 996 represented a virtual redesign. Cosmetically, it moved Porsche ... Although the Turbo is water-cooled it’s not the same engine that’s in the ...

Five years after the last, 996-based 911 Turbo S ... we recommend you choose on the regular Turbo are standard here: the dynamic engine mounts, Porsche’s brake-based torque-vectoring system ...

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(Our face-lifted 996.2 version, arriving in 2002, spatula’d that away with a cleaner design like that of the Turbo models.) Worse, Porsche’s switch to a water-cooled engine for the 996 marked ...

How about this as an argument for supercharging a Porsche 996 Carrera: You get the power of a 996 Turbo without all the ... (RPM Racing lowered the engine slightly to allow for easier access ...

Today, while doing the very important work of looking for rare or unique cars you might be interested in, I got a little ...

It has a new turbocharged engine ... than the 996 Turbo. Aluminum doors alone save 31 pounds. 911 Turbo and Retro Speed Tested: 2021 911 Turbo S Hits 60 in 2.2 Seconds 2021 Porsche 911 Turbo ...

This brought in another Porsche legend: engine designer Hans Mezger ... What makes it stand out is that the 996 Turbo packs a legendary motor. Not that you would know it at first.

You can thank Porsche for that. With the 911 Turbo, the brand took a simple mechanical means of boosting an engine and turned it into a synonym for speed and power, signifying performance in any ...

He designed numerous Porsche engines during his tenure there ... to develop the higher-powered versions of the 996 (namely the GT2, GT3, and Turbo versions), understandably had little confidence ...