theporscheguy

When you take the wife for a ride in your Turbo she won't be angry any more. Until then........

ralt

Mapolus, everything will be fine. the only thing to worry about is the wife!!!

H2O LOL

That and the damn mod bug.

..... and then the wife again, about the pesky mod bug.

mmm951

Actually, the 969 was slated to be the next "911 Turbo" and never went into production due to internal movement within the management at Porsche during development. Some in Porsche were ready to make the leap forward after the 959 study to make it the "production" 911 Turbo, but never came to fruition. The Porsche internal designation for the future "969" was the 965. They ended up using many of the parts slated for the car on the quick fix "964 turbo," with the intention of making a huge changeover in the 93-94 3.6 version. Even that did not happen - mainly a bump in the motor size.

In general, the number designations were only used to designate what chassis a part applies to. However, many parts are interchangeable. Pars designated with the 965 prefix are only a part and intended for a chassis that never came to be. Obviously, Porsche was not going to change much on the body, but a different case for the suspension and transaxle.

chicabum

Parts starting with 964, 993, 996 and other numbers are interchangeable between several models. At times, an updated part, lets say, for a 996, could be used on a 993 and the 993 didn't become a 996 because of that. Even if the part number starting with 996 had it's part number updated in porsche's official parts list for the 993. The same way a part from a 964 could be used on the 993. In this case, The 933 still continues to be a 993.
When the 964 was built for the first time, not all of it's parts had a part number beginning with 964.

Calling a 964 a 965 is just wrong.*The correct is 964 turbo ( 3.3 or 3.6)

AC/911's

USA:
89-94, (964's), Turbo model = "964 Turbo"
95-98, (993's), Turbo model = "993 Turbo"

That's how I see it, 965 gets tossed around, but no Tech's or Collectors I know use it, sounds cool though...

rstarga

I think the real 965 was stillborn, we just got most of the parts for it.

Doc V.

"It is true that the 964 series 3.3 and 3.6 Turbos are sometimes known as 965 among the Weissach people," Paul Frere wrote to me in 2003. Technicians at RUF Automobile in Germany give "965" the same application.

"965" is a name; it is not the object--the simplified 959 intended for normal production. While "965" was initially an exclusive name for the object, over time "965" has become another name for 3.3 and 3.6 Turbos.

Debating the application of the "965" designation often uncovers a basic error: confusing a name with an object to which the name can apply.