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Grant said:
Somewhere I read that there may be a new 3.0L motor (undoubtedly so they can price it well above the base 987)...
My guess is they use the 3.0L, 260hp engine and price it at just under 50K, with the same price difference as between the 987S and the 987C7S.
They cannot get much more out of the 2.7L reliably with it being naturally aspirated. And if they did, it would be just a little bit of hp way up in the rev range. They would get almost no additional torque.
BMW finally implemented valvetronic (similar to variocam) on their 3.0. It's awesome technology but that mainly got them peak HP, not really much torque.
Porsche has ALREADY implemented that technology on the 2.7L, so they are pretty much all done with the 2.7L, particularly torque-wise. And the 2.7L is already pretty low on torque. There is no replacement for displacement. Especially when it comes down to low-end torque, which is what most of us use most of the time.
I, and many other potential and existing customers, don't want Porsche to offer an S2000-type engine. And they wont.