Porsche Pulls Back The Covers On New 542 HP 4 Liter V8

Presented at the Vienna Motor Symposium, the 4.0L unit, which will migrate to other Volkswagen Group models from Audi, Bentley and Lamborghini, forms part of a range of new modular V-6 and V-8 gasoline engines jointly developed by Porsche and Audi.

runninglogan1 - 5/6/2016 6:18:11 PM

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Doesn't sound that impressive considering the old 4L V8 already makes 605hp in the Audi S8.

Must be really fuel efficient...

ATrain - 5/7/2016 7:25:19 AM

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I was just thinking the same. After all, they have a 4.0l flat six that puts out 500...

My guess is that it's a base case and that engine is rated for something like 750bhp in tuned version while maintaining reliability.

ATrain - 5/7/2016 7:26:00 AM

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I meant naturally aspirated flat six...

MDarringer - 5/7/2016 1:55:29 PM

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Heresy--I know--but 911 V8

runninglogan1 - 5/7/2016 9:49:44 PM

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Ruf stuffs a sweet bespoke V8 in the 911.

ATrain - 5/7/2016 10:53:22 PM

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Yep. It's called the 960. You have deposits on TVRs, I have deposits on 960GT and other like items... We get our kicks where we can.

MDarringer - 5/8/2016 10:37:29 AM

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@ATrain indeed we do. Do you get track time with your toys?

ATrain - 5/8/2016 9:07:02 PM

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Of course... Otherwise, it would be somewhat pointless to own all that hardware.

I get about 15 track days per year - in the Northeast, that means per 6 mo - more if I can.

You? You're in CA, no? Must be nice.... How many days can you get in?