912 cubic capacity...?

[Luddite]

I nailed a well rotted 69 UK market 912 back together in the late 70`s, and I am pretty sure the DVLA had recorded it in the reg doc as a 1600cc. I posted a ramble with pics on the process of making it MOT worthy some time back. However it seems that many folk determined that Porsche never produced a 1600cc 912, so much so that I began to think that perhaps the DVLA had been given the wrong info when it was registered...


Well it just seems possible that there was a 1600cc 912.


I read in April`s edition of Porsche post that the first of the 912 were fitted with 356 C engines, which I believe were 1600cc. Also the add linked below seems to suggest that 912`s were indeed 1600cc in the early days...?


Porsche 912 1969 4 cil. 1600cc For Sale (carandclassic.com)


Whadayafink..?

 

[PeterHoward]

All 912 were 1600

 

[PeterHoward]

912E was a 2.0 (1976 only)

 

[Luddite]

Thanks for taking the time to reply Peter, and for correcting yourself. It seems so easy to unintentionally spread "fake" news these days, Unfortunately I have done some of that my self in posts...Duh.. !

I was aware of the 912E being 2 litre , which seems to be that which others took to be the standard cubic capacity of all 912`s when I asked the question back in time.

 

[911UK]

The original 912 were all 1.6 litre cars 1582 cm3 / 96.5 cu-in Boxer 4

 

[Luddite]

911UK, thanks for taking the time to set the record straight. From that which I read in Porsche Post, apparently the 912 outsold the 911 in the early days in the US, it`s 1600cc pushrod engine being originally fitted to the 356C.

 

[911UK]

that is correct, in those early years the 9112 outsold the 911

 

[Luddite]

Interesting that when the 911 was new to market that it seems the Americans apparently more favoured the 912. I wonder if the 911 was perhaps thought of as the young pretender by the then Porsche 356 "faithful," the 912 making use of the 356 C engine, making it the preferred choice..as opposed to the new flat six ?


If the above seems possible, perhaps a case of history repeating it`s self might be when the 996 was new to market, and a similar line of thought was expressed by those who at the time decried it`s means of engine cooling... Hmm..?