How Porsche 911 with the Audi V8 made

Posted on 14-05-2014 at 13:26 by ricardo – 23 Comments”

The 911 six-cylinder boxermotoren are inextricably linked. For the time being. There was a time when a number of Porsche engineers decided the engine bay of a 911 to fill with two extra cylinders.

Of that 911 – internally referred to as 965 – Porsche there is still one in storage. In a video tells Porsche-archivist Dieter Landenberger more about this testmule. The idea was to make the 959 is a worthy successor, and for that she turned to Audi, where the water-cooled achtcilinder from the Audi V8 was losgepeuterd.

Although there are several working models were built, the V8 powered 965 the production stage is never reached. Some say because of a managementwissel, others keep it on a too high cost. The fact is that Landenberger there in the video not too bothered at all is that he never has come, and Porsche held on the flat sixes. View ‘m HERE.

Years later, there is still a fruitful collaboration between Audi and Porsche. Audi sent a number of Audi 80 Avants without bumpers in the direction of Zuffenhausen, and the magicians at Porsche were present, the 316 hp, turbogeblazen Audi RS2. And if you’re per se a V8 in a 911-carriage, like stamping, it is sufficient for a call to tuner RUF (photo).