The 968 Club Sport is a motor vehicle from Porsche, with rear wheel drive, a front mounted engine and a 2 door coupé body style.
It is powered by a naturally aspirated engine of 3 litre capacity. This unit features double overhead camshaft valve gear, 4 cylinder layout, and 4 valves per cylinder. It produces 236 bhp (239 PS/176 kW) of power at 6200 rpm, and maximum torque of 305 N·m (225 lb·ft/31.1 kgm) at 4100 rpm.
The power is transferred to the wheels via a 6 speed manual transmission.
With a stated weight at the kerb of 1320 kg, the Porsche 968 Club Sport manages to cover the 0-60 mph benchmark sprint in 6.2 seconds and the standing-start quarter mile in 14.7 seconds.
It is said to be able to achieve a top speed of 245 km/h which is 152 mph.
Full specs
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| bodywork | |||
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| Body type | 2 seater fixed-head coupé | ||
| Number of doors | 2 | ||
| Designer | |||
| dimensions & weights | |||
| Wheelbase | 2400 mm | 94.5 inches | |
| Track/tread (front) | 1473 mm | 58 inches | |
| Track/tread (rear) | 1450 mm | 57.1 inches | |
| Length | 4320 mm | 170.1 inches | |
| Width | 1735 mm | 68.3 inches | |
| Height | 1255 mm | 49.4 inches | |
| Ground clearance | 125 mm | 4.9 inches | |
| length:wheelbase ratio | 1.8 | ||
| Kerb weight | 1320 kg | 2910 lb | |
| Weight distribution | |||
| fuel tank capacity | 74.1 litres | 16.3 [19.6] UK [US] gal. | |
| aerodynamics | |||
| Drag coefficient | 0.34 | ||
| Frontal area | |||
| CdA | |||
| Powertrain | |||
| engine type | naturally aspirated petrol | ||
| Engine manufacturer | Porsche | ||
| Engine code | |||
| Cylinders | Straight 4 | ||
| Capacity | 3 litre 2990 cc (182.461 cu in) |
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| Bore × Stroke | 104 × 88 mm
4.09 × 3.46 in |
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| Bore/stroke ratio | 1.18 | ||
| Valve gear | double overhead camshaft (DOHC)
4 valves per cylinder 16 valves in total |
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| maximum power output (DIN) |
239 PS (236 bhp) (176 kW) at 6200 rpm |
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| maximum torque (DIN) |
305 Nm (225 ft·lb) (31.1 kgm) at 4100 rpm |
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| Specific output (DIN) |
58.9 kW/litre 80 ps/litre 78.9 bhp/litre 1.29 bhp/cu in |
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| Specific torque (DIN) |
102.01 Nm/litre
1.23 ft·lb/cu3 |
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| Engine construction | |||
| Lubrication | wet sumped | ||
| compression ratio | 11:1 | ||
| Fuel system | Bo Mot fuel inj. | ||
| bmep (brake mean effective pressure) | 1281.9 kPa (185.9 psi) | ||
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| crankshaft bearings | |||
| Engine coolant | Water | ||
| Unitary capacity | 747.5 cc | ||
| Aspiration | Normal | ||
| Compressor | N/A | ||
| Intercooler | None | ||
| Catalytic converter | Y | ||
| performance | |||
| Acceleration 0-80km/h (50mph) | 4.7 s | ||
| Acceleration 0-60mph | 6.2 s | ||
| Acceleration 0-100km/h | |||
| Acceleration 0-160km/h (100mph) | 15.5 s | ||
| Standing quarter-mile | 14.7 s
@ 98 mph |
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| Standing kilometre | 26.4 s
@ 201 km/h |
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| Maximum speed | 245 km/h (152 mph) | ||
| Power-to-weight ratio | Higher is better 181.27 PS/tonne (1000 kg) 0.18 PS/kg 133.32 kW/tonne (1000 kg) 0.13 kW/kg 178.79 bhp/tonne (1000 kg) 0.18 bhp/kg 0.08 bhp/lb |
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| Weight-to-power ratio | Lower is better 7.5 kg/kW 12.53 lb/bhp |
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| fuel consumption | |||
| Fuel consumption | |||
| universal fuel consumption (calculated from the above) | |||
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| US MPG | |||
| Carbon dioxide emissions | |||
| Carfolio Calculated CO2 ? | |||
| VED band (UK) | |||
| CO2 Effizienz (DE) | |||
| chassis | |||
| Engine position | front | ||
| Engine layout | longitudinal | ||
| Drive wheels | rear wheel drive | ||
| Torque split | N/A | ||
| Steering | power assisted rack & pinion | ||
| turns lock-to-lock | 3.300 | ||
| Turning circle | 10.70 m | ||
| Front suspension | I.S.CS.ARB. | ||
| Rear suspension | I.STA.TB.ARB. | ||
| Wheel size front | 7.5J x 17 | ||
| Wheel size rear | 9J x 17 | ||
| Tyres front | 225/45 ZR 17 | ||
| Tyres rear | 255/40 ZR 17 | ||
| Brakes F/R | VeDi/VeDi-S-ABS | ||
| Front brake diameter | 297 mm | ||
| Rear brake diameter | 300 mm | ||
| Braked area | |||
| Gearbox | 6 speed manual | ||
| Top gear ratio | 0.78 | ||
| Final drive ratio | 3.78 | ||
| general | |||
| Carfolio.com ID | 28512 | ||
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| Model code | |||
| RAC rating | 26.8 | ||
| Insurance classification | No information available | ||
| Tax band | No information available | ||
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1993 Porsche 968 Club Sport added 1998-01-06. Last modified 2013-02-28. |
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