IslandmanPA

What color would you say that porsche is? Virgin White?

JV911

theiceman

too funny .....

at least mine left SOMETHING to the imagination :-)

arcsine

I like ducks on pre-'89 cars but for pure aesthetics, the 993 turbo tail is nice

dugsud

Just good old Autoglym........nothing special

louis hong

was a duck tail an option for 87 carrera? I like duck tails better than whale tails. How about large "carrera" sticker on the bottom half of the doors? Was that only for the 70's 911s? I like those as well.

jackb911

Storm and I are a pair of Georgia Quackers:

stormmaster

Louis.....no it was not an option on 87s.....nor were the decals you mention....But as you can see my brother and I think they look good no matter what year you have.....I think it transformed his 993...and it was a must have on my car.....in fact it is the only tail I would have on a 911....but that is just me.

louis hong

Stormmaster- your duck tail is nice and I want it too. About how much would it cost me(labor and parts)? I 've never seen a 993 with a ducktail before. It is unusal looking i guess.

stormmaster

It depends on the shop labor rates in your area.....I think it was about 4-5 hours for paint time on mine plus an hour or so fitting and prep....I had rear bumper painted at the same time....so I am not exactly sure...I think the 993 looks fantastic with a ducktail...it is not seen often that is for sure....but to me it is by far the best looking option for a tail....but I am very biased

911S3.6

Whatever the tail, duck, carrera, turbo etc... it does help combat lift, and you do need one in front to balance the one in rear. BUT, none of these provide ANY downforce, this is a fallacy. The only way to actually get the air coming over the top of the car to push down, is if the wing is postioned high and beyond the rear of the car. Cup cars and Jack Olsen's fabricated wing are so, look at his pictures a few posts back. I learned this from a guy who has been building and racing only 911s for 30 years. Therefore, pick the wing you aesthetically like...

dave morris

I believe this style rear spoiler is similar to the spoiler on the '74 RSR ... pictures of the RSR are shown in post #41 by wholberg. Does anyone happen to know why the small grill in the center of the spoiler is there? Does it serve any aerodynamic function? I'm guessing it was designed to break up the air flow passing over the center/rear lip of the spoiler ... but I can't figure out why that might be desireable. The small grill seems to be on some of the '74 RSRs, and not on others. I wonder why. If anyone can provide any information on this general subject, I'd appreciate it.

imcarthur

For the story of the evolution of Porsche tails see Trick of the Tails an older article from 911 & Porsche World.

Ian

dave morris

Thanks Ian. Were you directing me to the paragraph discussing the early whaletail which includes "The only difference between them was that the genuine Turbo spoiler boasted additional cooling slats at the rear, which were enlarged in the second year of production"?

I would question whether the grill near the back-end of the spoiler is designed for "cooling". First because it's so far back and flush with the surface. But second because the spoiler of this vintage that I'm familiar with has a flat metal plate screwed to the spoiler surface with several 1/4" rods (slats?)above the plate. Looks to be more likely designed to break up air flow and not at all helpful for cooling. But, that why I'm curious. I can't figure it out.

Any one that can shed further light on this?

imcarthur

I have to agree, the opening is too far back in the tail to be of much use.

Here are the two: