Porsche Factory Engine Testing Questions
Tonight's NatGeo 'Ultimate Factories' building the 911, shows truly a modern car assembly facility of an iconic advanced sports car. Lots of innovative assembly methods and technologies.
The boxer engine is assembled with a rational mix of manual and automated assembly. The engine is 'cold tested' sans fluids, where I presume they rotate the crankshaft and measure pressures and friction. It appears though that the flat6 is not 'hot tested' as it is only fired for the first time as the car is driven out of the line for some basic and brief roller/dyno testing (limited to 75MPH). If this is indeed the case, break-in of these engines must be looked into with a new perspective. Are piston rings settled as the car leaves the factory?
I look forward to comments.
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A. Dias --- 997.2S (ordered). Previous cars: Corvette C6, 996 C4.