exb00st

http://www.thetorquereport.com/2010/02/gen...11_porsche.html

Porsche has unveiled the 2011 911 Turbo S, which builds upon the 911 Turbo, but adds even more power thanks to two exhaust gas turbochargers. Power has been bumped up to 530 horspower adn 516 lb-ft of torque. The 3.8L engine is mated exclusively to the seven-speed Porsche-Doppelkupplungsgetriebe (PDK) dual clutch transmission.

In addition to the increased horsepower, the 911 Turbo S gets all high-tech components available only as options on the "regular" 911 Turbo, standard.

The 911 Turbo S reaches 0-62 mph in 3.3 seconds, 0-124 mph in 10.8 seconds, and has a top speed of195 mph. Porsche also claims that even though the 911 Turbo S has more power than the 911 Turbo, it doesn't consume more fuel.

The 2011 911 Turbo S will go on sale in the US later this year.

Onehots2k

I get this feeling that there wont be any great cars like this by the time I'd be capable of dropping that kind of coin. Porsche makes my eyes water yet again...lol

Bugsy

BooYaa !

nevert00fast

PDK only.....

rockville

I bet it will be really fast.

I also bet Porsche will charge a boat load of cash for what appear to be small upgrades over the regular 911 T.

The auto only part isn't that cool but a real manual wouldn't help the car generate the big numbers that will make all of us swoon over the thing.

I can't help but feel that personally I might be happier with a Caymen.

i_heart_my_DB8

Um... Porsche has produced roughly 3,463,520 different configurations/variations of the 911 along its lifetime. Heck, I count Fif-f**king-teen 911's on Porsche's website right now. What on earth makes you think that won't continue to be the case in the future?

CKit

That's nuts.

I want.

Penforhire

Sweet and pricy!

I just read an article in January's "Automotive Engineering" magazine on the new turbo motor. It mentions the same maximum torque figure (516 lb-ft) during overboost, still ten seconds (479 lb-ft without overboost). But the only HP figure they gave there was 493 HP at 6K RPM, no overboost. Oddly, max boost is lowered to 11.6 PSI but compression ratio moves up from 9.0 to 9.8:1. It has the "expansion" intake manifold first used on the GT2 to reduce over/under boost when the throttle is worked fast.

The new engine is 0.2L larger than the 996 turbo but weighs 26.4 lb less AND has lower parts count (inc. single-piece crank and integrated crank bearings). Oh, and the new block is CLOSED DECK. Just imagine how much tuner-boost it'll survive now!

This sucker actually has dynamic control engine mounts (!) included in the Sport Chrono package.

There is also something unusual about the engine lubrication. The dry sump system has SIX intake pumps and a "fully controlled compressed oil pump - a first for a production Porsche." A gear is hydraulically adjusted to change the pump's gear mesh. Supposedly this system requires less total power for the pumps, has reduced parts count (hard to believe), and saves 8.8 lbs.

The new exhaust has a larger cat but is 4.4 lb lighter than the old system. It uses the same SS rear muffler as the GT2.

And, yeah, the engine meets Euro 5 emission standards ("LEV II/LEV" in USA).

rockville

Doesn't the Accord V6 have dynamic engine control mounts? Once again Honda shows they are an engine company as much as anything else

Elistan

Sounds like the Porsche mounts use ferromagnetic fluid to vary damping force, while the Honda mounts use actuators to counteract vibration during partial cylinder deactivation.