944 Spec Dyno Charts

944 NA Power Fact Vs Fiction

There is a lot of talk about Horsepower and how to get more from the 944 NA engine. In most cases these mods do little to get horsepower. One of the nice aspects of 944-spec racing is that you do not need to do anything to build a motor for the class. Below are some Dyno charts of 944-spec racecars and a listing of the engine specs that generated these charts.

These show all acquired charts overlaid on each other.

Engine Specs: Resealed motor, 84 block with 140k+ miles, Original pistons & rings, New rod & main bearings, stock 87 924S head & cam, minimal head shave for flatness (est 9.7:1 CR), Stock 87 924S DME (Stock chip) & injectors, Stock Tubular header, Test pipe, Stock muffler, Stock airbox and stock paper air filter, 91 Oct Pump Gas

Engine Specs: Stock airbox, paper filter, test pipe, Fresh valve job, 88 924s pistons, factory tube headers w/muffler,944 turbo"S" oil cooler and rod bearings.

Engine Specs: Stock 87 924S motor, Factory Cast Iron Headers, Unknown Chip, Test Pipe, Stock Muffler

Engine Specs: New Pistons & Rings, Original Head (minor shave), MSDS Headers, K&N Air filter Unknown Chip, Test Pipe, Supertrapp muffler, Lower Octane Race gas

Engine Specs - Unknown Formerly Tyler Thompson car

Engine Specs - 1983 Motor, no cat, Bursch Headers, Stock Air box and Muffler, Stock compression, Charts With stock chip and with FR Wilk Chip