Hans Mezger Options

[poorsche914]

The legendary engineer died on June 10, 2020 at the age of 90.

1966–1970 Design of the 910, 907, 908, 917, 2-litre four-cylinder engine for the 914 production sports car.

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[beech4rd]

What a great carreer! RIP, Hans.

Tucked away in the obituary is this:

1966–1970 Design of the 910, 907, 908, 917, 2-litre
four-cylinder engine for the 914 production sports car.

Does this infer that Porsche had a 2-litre replacement for the 1.7 waiting in the wings almost from the time of the launch of the 914?

Chris

[horizontally-opposed]

What a great carreer! RIP, Hans.

Tucked away in the obituary is this:

1966–1970 Design of the 910, 907, 908, 917, 2-litre
four-cylinder engine for the 914 production sports car.

Does this infer that Porsche had a 2-litre replacement for the 1.7 waiting in the wings almost from the time of the launch of the 914?

Chris

Mezger and the racing department did the engine development for the 2.0-liter Type IV, and he went on record as being very proud of the project—particularly the cylinder heads. Not a "Mezger engine," but his (and his team's) work went into it. I think he said he was particularly proud because getting more horsepower from the engine with the constraints wasn't easy...something down the road of being as proud of their work on the 914 2.0 as they were some of their racing engines.

[beech4rd]

What a great carreer! RIP, Hans.

Tucked away in the obituary is this:

1966–1970 Design of the 910, 907, 908, 917, 2-litre
four-cylinder engine for the 914 production sports car.

Does this infer that Porsche had a 2-litre replacement for the 1.7 waiting in the wings almost from the time of the launch of the 914?

Chris

Mezger and the racing department did the engine development for the 2.0-liter Type IV, and he went on record as being very proud of the project—particularly the cylinder heads. Not a "Mezger engine," but his (and his team's) work went into it. I think he said he was particularly proud because getting more horsepower from the engine with the constraints wasn't easy...something down the road of being as proud of their work on the 914 2.0 as they were some of their racing engines.

Thank you Pete.

I was wondering if this was not just another part of the convoluted relationship between VW and Porsche. If this engine was developed close to the release of the 914, it wouldn't have been in Porsche's interest to have such a powerful (HP if not torque) rival to the engines they were fitting to the -6. So VW would have had to wait for Porsche to throw in the towel regarding -6 sales before the 2-litre 4 cyl. could be sold.