Porsche 944- Technologically Advanced Car

Overview

Production of the Porsche 944 began in 1981. The car was equipped with numerous technical relay races, such as electronic fuel injection (Motronic) and the worlds first heated oxygen sensor. The substance that results from the Porsche 924 was developed sports car with front-mid-engine, rear-wheel drive and Transaxlesystem (the transmission lies in front of the rear axle), because more stringent emission standards on the Porsche all-important US market posed the question of the sustainability of the 911 concept.

 

Generations

The Porsche 944 was at the beginning only as a coupe offered without a catalyst, and later (1985) with catalyst; It followed the models 944 Turbo (1985), 944 S (1987), 944 Turbo S (1988) and eventually 944 Turbo S2 (1989). These cars were all equipped with the 944er 4-cylinder standard engine which had emerged from the right-hand cylinder bank of the V8 Gran Turismo Porsche 928. The basic version brought at least 120 kW / 163 hp on the road, the 944 Turbo S in 1988 even 184 kW / 250 hp.
The Porsche 944 Turbo has been for three years as a convertible sold and came up with a sales figure of 7,000 pieces. The 944 Turbo Cabriolet was at that time the fastest 4-cylinder convertible in the world. In 1991, Porsche is a production of popular 944er sports car, the coveted classic cars on the go for because of their rarity today classics are. Successor is built until 1995 Porsch e 968th.


It was a real Porsche, despite its similarity to the unloved "Mason Porsche" 924, and though its four-cylinder front engine - basically a halved V8 from the 928 - barely fit for Porsche-culture. It offered yet tired of driving pleasure - even in the basic with 163 hp, and even more so with the 190 hp of the S 944 (S 2 as even 211 hp). The top version 944 Turbo S with 250 hp sprinted in six seconds to 100 as Pointe Porsche delivered to the production end of 1991 even a convertible.


A Four-Cylinder with Force in All Positions

The heart and equally the 944 S2 is its 2990 cc four-cylinder engine that has a proud 104 mm hole at 88 mm stroke. Double overhead, via toothed belt and chain driven camshaft short cross control while four in a narrow angle of 27 degrees arranged valves per combustion chamber, thus ensuring an efficient gas exchange.
Almost straight, streamlined intake ports, a Bosch Motronic with hot-wire air-mass sensor and a high compression ratio of 10.9: 1 are reflected in 211 hp, which reaches the large-volume four-cylinder at 5800 rpm. No less respectable, the maximum torque of the equipped with cylinder-selective knock control engine: 280 Nm at 4000 rpm guarantee solid performance.

 

But overridden in every walk of life has to offer the 944 S2 also refinement. This is ensured by two balancer shafts that reduce the design-related vibrations of the inline four-cylinder to a minimum. The body of the 944 S2 consists of galvanized sheet steel and is therefore largely immune to corrosion. Characteristic are striking bodywork features such as the front apron with integrated headlights and fog lamps, the color-keyed diffuser under the rear bumper and the round rubber spoiler to the tailgate.

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