Liquid-cooled engines are also quieter than their air-cooled counterparts. Water passages surround the combustion chamber and serve to dampen the mechanical noise.

Keith Hamersa bridges the gap in the air-cooled vs. water-cooled Porsche 911 debate, celebrating all generations of the iconic car. T he debate between air-cooled and water-cooled Porsche 911s has ...

How air-cooled engines work, and why it doesn't matter any more The air-cooled engine was the stuff of legend, powering the Porsche 911 and VW Beetle (the real Beetle, not the ersatz New Beetle ...

Porsche’s 996-generation 911 hasn’t had the easiest of lives. When it was new some Porsche fans criticized the soap-bar styling, the switch from air- to water-cooled engines and the fact that ...

By 1983, emissions standards had changed, and there was a desire to switch over from air-cooled engines to water-cooled ones. The Type 1 engines could get by, but the larger Type 4 engines ended ...

The 911 was also the successor to the popular air-cooled 356. For over three decades, Porsche’s flagship 911 was built around an air-cooled engine. The two main reasons often provided for the shift ...

This is why Porsche discontinued its air-cooled engines, in favor of water-cooled engines in the 1990s. Related. 10 Classic ...

Allied Market Research published a report, titled, "Wankel Engines Market by Type (Water Cooled and Air Cooled), and Application (Automotive and Aerospace): Global Opportunity Analysis and ...