I have read 200 hp, 217 hp, and 230 hp. Does anyone know for sure how much these cars put out?

 

231 was the euro rating for the 3.2l. 200 hp was the u.s. rating for 84 carerras. Not sure when the bump to 214-217 was made, maybe '87. sorry...

 

Jim: There is certainly some confusion regarding the USA 3.2 liter cars, especially with the '84/85 models. Some literature quote them as having 150 kw, some as having 152 kw. According to most published Porsche Factory literature that I've read:
1984/85 models = 150 kw
1986 models = 152 kw
1987 - 89 models = 160 kw

To calculate DIN horsepower divide kw by .736. Therefore:
1984/85 models = 204 DIN
1986 models = 207 DIN
1987 - 89 models = 217 DIN

To go a step further to SAE (USA standard) hp, divide DIN by 1.014. Therefore:
1984/85 models = 201 SAE (owner's manual says 200)
1986 models = 204 SAE
1987-89 models = 214 SAE

Pete

 

Wow, so my '84 putting out 204 to the wheels is a good thing.

 

Oh, heck yeah! I read somewhere a number of years ago that someone did some comprehensive dyno testing (Jerry Woods ?), and came up with some interesting numbers - USA cars putting out hp close to that of their Euro brethren, etc. Based on my butt dyno I've always said that '84/85 pre-chipped cars fall into three categories: Out of every 100 cars; 95 are typical, 3 are dogs, and 2 are rocket-ships. I think that we know where your car fits!
Pete

 

I do have the stock chip somewhere, from memory. I bought the car with a Weltmeister chip already in it. I've been meaning to pick up a Steve Wong chip since buying basically, but it's always a case of something else being more important. I haven't dyno'd since putting on the M&K either.

 

FWIW, here's the actual Porsche data concerning the 1984 model year. These scans are from two factory Porsche owners manual for model year 1984. One is for a USA car, and one is for a German car.

TonyG

 

not enought

 

ding ding ding, 87 has it
not enough, without the T

 

...and here is another Porsche publication (the '84-87 Carrera Spec Book) that states 152 kw as the number for the '84/85 models...

Pete

 

This will be easier to read...
Pete

 

The one thing that the peak number comparisions don't show is the huge differences in the "area-under-the-curve".

Here... the Euro cars have a BIG advantage over the detuned USA cars.


Note the dyno graph comparisions.

TonyG

 

And from the manual for a US delivered 87:



Ian

 

Thanks, all.

 

Hey Guys,

The HP figures you guys are looking at are crankshaft HP, NOT "TO THE REAR WHEELS". You lose I think 15% or more going through the tranny, etc.

Just MTCW.

Steve