What is the engine VIN number on a Porsche?

I am buying a 1986 Porsche 944, I have the VIN, but what part tells you what the engine is?|||There is nothing in the VIN that directly tells you what engine was installed by the factory in most cases; with the Porsche VIN, if you look at the 7th, 8th, and 13th digits, you'll get the car model. Which should be 944 (or 951 for a 944 Turbo).





The other numbers that would be related to the engine would be the 10th - which will have a number or letter that decodes as the year (1986 is G). For most Porsche cars, having the model and the year will tell you all about which engine is intalled.





If you happen to have a car that had more than one engine option available in a given year, then the 13th digit will specify this (more often though, this will be used to determine the body type... ie, Coupe, Targa, or Cabriolet).





In 1986 there was only one model 944, and all had the same 2.5L engine, that put out about 150hp.