Introduced in 1981 as the successor to the 924, the Porsche 944 was a front-engined sports car built on a proven layout but with significant upgrades. It featured a wider body and a unique 2.5-liter four-cylinder engine—derived from half of the 928’s V8 and smoothed with balancer shafts—that produced 163...
In 1987 Porsche debuted the 944 S, the “S” standing for “Super”. It looked sportier than its non-S version and had substantial modifications to both the interior and the engine and offered more performance to Porsche customers. Generally the 944 S was a higher performance version of the stock 944....
In 1987 Porsche debuted the 944 S, the “S” standing for “Super”. This “Super” Porsche 944 was fitted with a more high performance version of the naturally aspirated four cylinder engine. This engine version had dual overhead camshafts to operate the four valves per cylinder and a revised Motronic 2 engine management system with dual knock sensors to best handle the 10.9:1 compression ratio. Power was a comfortably adequate 187hp.
1988 Porsche 944 S Coupe Technical Specifications Engine Type Inline 4 Induction Normally-aspirated Cooling Water-cooled Valvetrain Double overhead camshafts Injection Port injection Bore X Stroke 3.94 in/100.0 mm x 3.11 in/78.9 mm Displacement 151.22 cu-in./2,479 cc Horsepower 190 bhp @ 6000 rpm Torque 170 lb-ft @ 4300 rpm Max Rpm...
1987 Porsche 944 S Coupe Technical Specifications Engine Type Inline 4 Induction Normally-aspirated Cooling Water-cooled Valvetrain Double overhead camshafts Injection Port injection Bore X Stroke 3.94 in/100.0 mm x 3.11 in/78.9 mm Displacement 151.22 cu-in./2,479 cc Horsepower 190 bhp @ 6000 rpm Torque 170 lb-ft @ 4300 rpm Max Rpm...
