Porsche 9. 11 - User Reviews. Porsche 9. 11sc —. It's my car and I love it. The legendary Porsche 9. The silhouette body was available only in fixed- head coupe form. It was powered by a 2- liter, 9. Bosch L- jetronic fuel injection and an air pump. In 1. 96. 8, the Porsche 9. S was no longer being exported to the United States due to new emissions and government standards and regulations. My 1982 911 SC Sunroof Coupe was placed in. The car is a stock 911 SC Targa. This 83 SC is my third Porsche following a 1988 Boxster and a. During the 1. 97. S was created by removing amenities and using light- weight material wherever possible. In 1. 97. 3 the 9. E, 9. 11. T, and 9. S used a 2. 4 liter six- cylinder engine. The 3. 2 Liter engine was used until the 1. The 1. 98. 8 the turbo became standard with a five- speed manual gearbox. In 1. 98. 9 Porsche introduced the Carrera 3. Speedster. Quickly establishing itself as an icon of '6. The flagship of the current lineup of Porsche, the 9. Nine Eleven) or 'Neunelfer' is a two- door grand tourer with a very distinctive design. The 9. 11 is one of the oldest sports coupe nameplates still in productions and in 2. Produced by Porsche AG of Stuttgart, Germany, the 9. Porsche 3. 56. Debuting in 1. The 9. 11 is one of two in the top five that remains continuously in production and until the Type 9. The Porsche 9. 11 carries the auspicious honor of being among the most successful competition cars ever. Over the years it has been modified by private teams and by the factory itself for rallying, racing and other types of automotive competitions. Naturally aspirated 9. Carrera RSRs won major world championship sports car races in the mid- 1. 1982 Porsche 911. It was the first cabriolet for Porsche since the 356. In 1984 the 911 SC 3.0 engine was. Targa, coupe, Speedsters, light weight. 1982 Porsche 911 technical specifications and data. Total Porsche Production for 1982: 48,288: Averages: Avg. 1981 911 SC: 1983 911SC © 1998. In 1. 97. 9 the 9. Hours of Le Mans. The 9. 11 came in fifth in the 1. Car of the Century. Early design sketches for the 9. Ferdinand 'Butzi' Porsche. Assisting Ferry Porsche, son of the firm's founder, Dr. Ferdinand Porsche, was body engineer Edwin Komenda and powertrain engineer Ing Hans Tomala. The Porsche 3. 56 was the company's first model, and the 9. The Type 7 was built as a 2+2 with a fastback shape and useful rear seats, like the 3. Retaining the rear- mounted air- cooled engine with horizontally opposed cylinders, the Type 7 had a front end that was a precursor to the 9.
Similar to the 2. Type 7 however had six cylinders, 2 more than its predecessor. Porsche decided to construct an all- new flat six with overhead camshafts instead of the pushrods. Physically hefty enough to accommodate future displacement increases, the new engine had more efficient valve actuation. The engine would proof incredibly sturdy and flexible throughout its life as it started out at 2. The new engine, and the decision by Porsche to eliminate on the rear- seat accommodations resulted in the Type 9. A non- operational concept of the 9. 1983 911 Sc TargaFrankfurt Motor Show. In February of 1. Porsche 9. 01', with 9. Peugeot raised an issue with the name and claimed that in France it had exclusive rights to car names formed by three numbers with a middle zero, so rather than selling the car with another name in France, the name was changed to 9. Though the cats' part numbers carried on the prefix 9. Production of the 9. September 1. 96. 4 with this first models reaching the U. S. Early models came with a 1. PS flat- 6 engine in the 'boxer' configuration like the 3. The 3. 56's four- cylinder had a 1. Though the rear seats weren't much to speak of, the 9. The tourer was mated to a four or five- speed manual 'Type 9. A tiny machine packed full of high- tech pieces, the 1. Rather than the solid rear axles suspended on leaf springs, the 9. Mac. Pherson struts were used on the 9. ZF rack- and- pinion steering gear at a time when steering was usually by recirculating ball. Initial 9. 11 models rode on P1. HR1. 5 radial tires and carried four Dunlop disc brakes. In 1. 96. 5 the 3. U. S. The Porsche 9. The 9. 12 was $1,4. The following year Porsche introduced the more powerful 9. S with an impressive 1. HP and compression ratio up from 9. The S stood for Super and was available as both a coupe and a Targa. The 9. 11. S featured stunning five- spoke alloy wheels from Fuchs from the first time in a distinctive 5- leaf design. Other featured included a rear anti- sway bar and ventilated disc brakes. To help the 9. 11. S balance the weight was a 2. S. The mid- engined Porsche 9. Porsche 9. 06 received the engine developed to 2. PS. Introduced as a 'stop gap' model in 1. Targa' was inspired by the Targa Florio sports car road race in Sicily, Italy where Porsche had a successful history, with seven victories since 1. Targa means 'plate' in Italian, and the Porsche model sported a removable roof panel and a removable plastic rear window since Porsche worried that the U. S National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) would ban fully open convertibles in the U. S. From 1. 96. 8 on, a fixed glass version was offered alongside the Targa model. Initial Targas were horrible with leaky tops distorted rear windows that quickly yellowed after being exposed to the sun, but Porsche would soon improve them. In 1. 96. 7 the 9. T 1. 08 hp model was introduced as the replacement to the 9. In 1. 96. 8 the new emissions forced the 9. S out of the US and the base 1. PS model was renamed the 9. L and sold alongside the regular 9. For 1. 96. 8 both the 9. S and a new, lighter 9. T were launched in Europe. Customers complained about the Targa's rear window and Porsche introduced a neat wraparound piece of glass as an alternative. Other changes for 1. Sportomatic' semiautomatic transmission newly available, slight fender flares and the engine case switching to magnesium construction. Only 2. 0 models in total of the 9. R were produced of the very limited production model. The rare 9. 11. R was a lightweight- racing model with thin aluminum doors, twin- spark cylinder heads, a power output of 2. PS and a magnesium crankcase. These 9. 11. R models had no carpet, stripped interiors, Fiat taillights, fiberglass deck lids, and dual spark plug cylinder heads. These rare models were race- ready and lightweight and would be the start of the 9. The B series was launched in 1. The 9. 11 and 9. 12 wheelbase was increased from 2. The rear wheels were relocated, which improved weight distribution, yet the overall length of the car remained the same. The 9. 11. S and a new middle model; 9. E- received fuel injection. New to the product lineup this year was a semi- automatic Sportomatic model, which was composed of a torque converter, an automatic clutch and the four- speed transmission. Unfortunately this model wouldn't last long and by 1. The 9. 11. E was an extremely quick model and even beat the 9. S despite its lower power output. The 9. 11. T's 2. Pumping out 1. 58 hp was the 9. E's 2. 0- liter with a 9. Bosch mechanical fuel injected and five- speed transmission. The impressive 9. S had an impressive 1. All three models were available as Targas and the Sportomatic was available on the 9. T and 9. 11. E. For 1. The 9. 12 was replaced by the new mid- engine Volkswagen- powered 9. The extra displacement bumped output of the Zenith- carbureted 9. T to 1. 42 hp, the injected 9. E to 1. 75 hp, and the injected, high- compressions 9. S to a full 2. 00 hp. The new engine was larger and also had better respiration thanks to new aluminum cylinder heads with larger valves. This would also be the first time that a limited- slip differential was an available option. Other changes for 1. The 9. 11 lineup remained virtually the same for 1. The models remained the same from 1. L engine. The 9. 11. T was carbureted for 1. Asian markets, and the U. S. 9. 11. Ts were switched to the new K- Jetronic CIS (Continuous Fuel Injection) system from Bosch in January of 1. The 2. 4 L cars receiving a newer, more powerful transmission dubbed type number 9. Inspired from the Porsche 9. H pattern with first gear up to the left, second gear underneath first, etc., rather than the 9. To help with high- speed stability the 9. S model received a subtle spoiler under the front bumper. Often referred to as the classic mainstream 9. The 9. 11 ST racing model was produced in very limited numbers and were available with engines of either 2. These models did very well at the Sebring 1. Hours, the Daytona 6 Hours, the Targa Florio and the 1. N. RS, or Rennsport, is translated to 'race sport' in English, and the Carrera name was reintroduced from the 3. Carrera which had been named from the 1. Porsche class victories in the Carrera Panamericana races in Mexico. Porsche wanted to enter racing formulae that required a certain minimum of production cars built, so the RS was created. The Carrera 2. 7 RS sported a larger engine of 2. Bosch (Kugelfischer) MFI, compared to the base 9. S. The Carrera featured revised and stiffened suspension, larger brakes, wider rear wheels and rear fenders and a 'ducktail' rear spoiler. The RS Touring version weighed 2,3. Sport Lightweight version weighed around 2. A total of 1,5. 80 were made, more than the 5. FIA Group 4 class. Carrera RS models were constructed with 2. PS. The Carrera RS 3. PS. Costing nearly twice the price of the 2. RS, the 3. 0 featured plenty of racing capability that made up for its pricetag. The Carrera featured more radically flared fenders, larger (1. VR1. 5 front and 2. VR1. 5 rear) tires and the classic ducktail rear spoiler. The brakes system came from the Porsche 9. Carrera RSR. The shipping weight was incredibly light, around 1,9. This lightweight homologation special was not meant for U. S. Racing teams purchased the Carrera RSR 3. The prototype Carrera RSR Turbo featured 2. L engine due to a 1. Hour of Le Mans in 1. This engine winning such a significant race set the tone for the future of Porsche sporting attempts in car racing. For 1. 97. 4 the engine size was enlarged to 2. Impact bumpers were introduced to conform to low- speed protection requirement of U. S. These bumpers would remain unchanged for the next fifteen years. Two of the three models, the 9. S models now used K- Jetronic CIS Bosch fuel injection, retaining the narrow rear arches of the old 2. Launched in all markets except for the U. S., the 2. 7 Carrera used the 2. PS RS 9. 11/8. 3 engine with Bosch (Kugelfischer) MFI from the /7. Carrera RS. Built from 1.
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