I'll throw this out for your discussion.
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06-17-2012, 03:46 PM
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Thanks! Your response made me check out what Wikipedia had to say and here is what I found (the bold emphasis is mine):
"The 997 was revised in 2008 for the 2009 model year. The updated Porsche 911 (called 997 Gen II internally at Porsche) included following changes:
I also read that Porsche added a few extra HPs to the 997.2 engine as well (maybe a benefit from the direct injection).
A side note: Apparently Porsche developed PDK in the 80's, but did not use it on production Porsches until the 997.2 and only after BMW, Nissan, and others beat Porsche to market with advanced dual-clutch transmissions for their top-line production cars.
"The 997 was revised in 2008 for the 2009 model year. The updated Porsche 911 (called 997 Gen II internally at Porsche) included following changes:
- A revised suspension
- A revised front bumper with larger air intakes
- Headlamps with newly optional dual HID projectors, a new LED taillamp shape, and LED turnsignals
- New direct injection engines with redesigned Porsche Sport Exhaust (PSE)
- Redesigned PCM system with optional touch-screen hard-drive navigation
- Tiptronic S option was replaced by PDK (Porsche Doppelkupplung) 7-speed dual clutch transmission."
I also read that Porsche added a few extra HPs to the 997.2 engine as well (maybe a benefit from the direct injection).
A side note: Apparently Porsche developed PDK in the 80's, but did not use it on production Porsches until the 997.2 and only after BMW, Nissan, and others beat Porsche to market with advanced dual-clutch transmissions for their top-line production cars.
#17
06-17-2012, 03:55 PM
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Rep Power: 25 Look it up. I can't believe you don't get this.
Nobody but computer people would use the decimal (or .1, .2, etc.) version of numbering revisions. To car people it would be version 1 or 2, not .1 or .2. The trendy copy of the Microsoft speak is incorrect as far as computer colloquials go.
I don't mind it being one way or the other, don't get me wrong. I just find it funny, first that it was gotten "wrong" and second that it's being defended as if it is the correct way of numbering versions. It's not correct but is okay if that's what everyone wants to do. What's correct is Porsche's way of doing it. The other is just shorthand and flawed shorthand at that.
Go ask on a computer board.
#18
06-18-2012, 03:57 AM
Does that mean that the 991.2 will out the 991.1? Interesting. I have never seen it called the 997.5.
It's funny the silly stuff we obsess with, isn't it?!
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