garrett376

My black C4 must have crept on the RSA assembly line because it has rolled fenders and crinkle finish, too

TR6

Well, mine has rolled finish and crinkled fenders....

deep_uv

And, it's #702.

ltc

Here we go again....

Coming up after the break, oil viscosity discussions.

Flagg

Hummmm...........I have always wondered weather mine has the mystery red crayon RS written on the engine, as some have reported. I have not pulled the engine to see - I am happy just to be sure it does You know............first production run, no sunroof, crinkled finish, rolled fenders and all

Flagg

elbeee964

cobalt

The manuals say all RSA's were seam welded. They give the location and length of each weld. Were only the M718 coded 1992 (first run 1993) and 1993's seam welded?

cobalt

The turbos and the 94 C4's had rolled fenders also. My 1993 C2 has crinkle finish?

DogInBlack

#185

According to Keith at RSAmerica.net all the RSA's had rolled fenders. Does anyone have one without?

Flagg

I was pretty certain only the older RSA's had rolled fenders. I am 95% sure that one of my best friend's 1993 RSA does not have the crinkled finish or the rolled fenders. My 1993 does - and was in the first production run. His was in the second of three runs...........I will write him to see if I can find out.

Flagg

Flagg

OK - I did not think Keith thought that all RSAs had rolled fenders. I have to check this out on Keith's page. If Keith said this he is WRONG about all RSAs having rolled fenders.

My friend responded back about his RSA:
"1993 RSA - No rolled fenders, no crinkled paint under the hood, build date 12/92"

Flagg

ilko

The way I understand it, the early RSA's had rolled fenders because Porsche was afraid of the bigger wheels and wider tires coming into contact with the body. Remember the production of 93 RSA's started in January of 92. They were the first narrow body non-competition cars to be fitted with 17" wheels. By the end of the year Porsche realized that the bigger wheels were no problem and stopped rolling the fenders. The fender rolling was done at the factory before painting.

cobalt

Makes sense although the 17's were offered as a C2/4 upgrade starting in 1992. Would the cars leaving the factory with the 17" option also have rolled fenders since this was offered prior to the release of the RSA? They also ran a narrow 265 on the 94 turbos and had adequate clearance yet they chose to roll those fenders too.

DogInBlack

The 17" wheel logic makes great sense.

It is nteresting how much I have learned in the last two years- Early in my research on of the questions I asked was-

-'93 (418xxx serial number? I keep reading 'rolled fenders' in the

marketplace, better car?)

KV - they all came with rolled front fenders - some people think that they have a cup-car chassis - which they do not (see Apr article in Panorama - PCA national magazine on RSA's)

RSA964993

It’s always fun finding old threads and reviving them. As far as I can tell, the RSAmerica.net page isn’t really active anymore and when it was, it was a great resource. I’m often asked of how many RS Americas are still out there. I’ve know a few that succumbed to racing and on track wrecks. Does anyone have a count or a guess? The RSA site at one point seemed to keep track of the cars via the registry but I don’t believe it’s active anymore. There were 701 produced and curious if that’s been cut in half or most are still around.