<VV> Porsches & Big HP

[james rice]

All:  I'm not sure of the sequence or time line (I could check my files, but
what is the point?), but Porsche began in the early to mid 70's the journey
to Big Power with water cooled heads, individual fuel injectors,
intercoolers and dual turbo's.  And they near doubled engine displacement in
the process.

Last time I checked, the Subar 6 cyl was about the same displacement as the
Corvair, but has OH cam(s) and is water cooled.

I do not think there are many high HP per CID air-cooled car engines because
of the cooling problem.  The largest air cooled car I can think of with Big
HP was the 1973 Penske Porsche 917-30K Can-Am car at about 4.5 to 5 liters
with fuel injection and a very complex system of pop off valves and waste
gates. But it had the best of high octane fuels and only had to live for two
hours or so.  It is reported to have spiked at 1200HP on the dyno on
occasion....without intercoolers or water cooled heads.

The car Arend refers to probably does not come with a factory warranty
either.  Owners of them probably have more dollars than sense or talent.

Historically Yours,
			James Rice

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Date: Sat, 5 Jan 2008 10:09:23 -0600
From: <plbooth4 at hotmail.com>
Subject: Re: <VV> Flat6 underpowered?
To: "Arend Huisman" <arendhuismus at xs4all.nl>,
	<virtualvairs at corvair.org>

But, of course, the Porsche is water cooled double OHC , and 40 years later
in technology and metallurgy. The comparison is natural but actually absurd.
The only thing they have in common are numbers of cylinders and a flat
configuration. Lets compare the Subaru to the Porsche. They are considerably
closer in technology.
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From: "Arend Huisman" <arendhuismus at xs4all.nl>
Sent: Wednesday, January 02, 2008 9:56 AM
To: <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
Subject: <VV> Flat6 underpowered?

> Some of us are always looking for more performance, or even try to build a
> V8 in a Corvair, because the flat six shouldn't have enough potential...
> Well, the German firm 9ff doesn't have that much problems with a flat six
> engine; their latest model of a custom built Porsche has a 250 cubic inch
> engine with two turbo's which delivers 987 hp.....
>
> This is no fault, i write it again: 987 hp.
>
> The car should reach up to 250 miles per hour and is called the GT9
>
> Website: http://www.9ff.de/en/index.php
>
> This particular model is not yet on their site, but there it's going up to
> 910 hp, not that bad either.
>
> Have fun!
>
> Arend Huisman
> Netherlands
>
> '64 Monza convert (only 110 hp)