#1972 porsche 911 engine manual

The name 'Targa' вЂ“ plate or plaque in Italian вЂ“ came from the Targa Florio sports car road race in Sicily, in which Porsche had scored seven victories since 1956, with four more to come through 1973. It was equipped with a removable roof panel and a removable plastic rear window (although a fixed glass version was offered alongside from 1968). National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) would outlaw fully open convertibles, an important market for the 356. The Targa version, with a stainless steel-clad roll bar, appeared the same year. A 210В PS (150В kW 210В hp) racing version of the 911 engine was developed and used in the mid-engined Porsche 904 and Porsche 906 track cars. Alloy wheels from Fuchs, in a distinctive 5-leaf design, were offered for the first time. In 1967, Porsche introduced the more powerful 160В PS (120В kW 160В hp) 911S. The Porsche 912, a slightly downscaled 911 fitted with the 356's 90В hp (67В kW) engine, was introduced the same year as its replacement. When 356 production came to an end in 1965, there was still a market for a 4-cylinder car, particularly in the USA. Erwin Komenda, the leader of the Porsche car body construction department, was also involved in the design. The styling was largely by Ferdinand 'Butzi' Porsche, son of Ferdinand 'Ferry' Porsche. The car had 2+2 seating, though the rear was very small, also like the 356.

#1972 porsche 911 engine manual

It was mated to a five-speed manual 'Type 901' transmission. The earliest editions of the 911 had an air-cooled, rear-mounted, 2.0 L (1,991В cc)ДЎ30В PS (96В kW 130В hp) flat-6 ' boxer' engine, similar to the 356's four-cylinder 1.6 L unit. So, instead of selling the new model with another name in France, Porsche changed the name to 911. However, Peugeot protested on the grounds that in France it had exclusive rights to car names formed by three numbers with a zero in the middle. It was initially designated as the ' Porsche 901', after its internal project number. The new car made its public debut at the 1963 Internationale Automobil-Ausstellung, better known to English speakers as the Frankfurt Motor Show. The Porsche 911 was developed as a much more powerful, larger, more comfortable replacement for the Porsche 356.