Nvrmind

Just like the title says, I'm looking for some information, or the location of some information, as to what the differences are for the 968 across the few years it was made.

I was earlier looking at a '95, and now have found a '94 that looks tempting. It's a few thousand more, but has complete records and is from an individual seller. Thing is, I don't really know what I'm getting, or not getting, when I start looking at the earlier models...

Jim Child

No difference between the '94 and '95. Pick the best one.

Fox944

The early 94's had 944 seats/door cards. They also had black B pillars. The 94.5+ cars have 993 styles seats, nicer door cards & color coded B pillars. The Later 95's did not have a cassette holder.

Lastly (this i am not 100% sure about), the early 94's have fasteners/buttons holding the trunk carpet in place, while the 94.5+ cars have velcro.

outside of that, you want to look at the option codes. you will find the option code sticker under the trunk carpet. See which car has what options. Certain colors/options are much more desirable then others.

Damian in NJ

Two different types of LSD; very early cars recessed front badges and different rear number types; early cars had more underhood trim pieces, including the cubby for white gloves; early car 17" options were Cup 1's, later car 17" options were Cup 2's; early and late cars had different exhaust tips; and 95 cabs are the best of all.

Fox944

Not all 17" wheels were 993 Cup (cup 2) wheels on later cars. My '95 Coupe for example came with 17" C2 Turbo Wheels (Cup 1) from the factory. Both were available on later cars, only the C2 Turbo/Cup 1 was avail for the earlier cars.

and to clarify, only 92's had the clutch type LSD avail, 93+ cars had an optional torsion LSD.

Doesnt seem like the MO30 option was avail. in 1992 either.

Damian in NJ

Every 95 that I've seen has been manufactured in 94 . . . so don't expect any difference between them. And for the changes everyone has mentioned they were all apparently changed on a rolling basis, not usually with a model year change.

Fox944

factory color coded b pillars as well as seats/door cards were changed for 94.5 cars. all late 94+ cars have these changes. i also have yet to see any 95 from the final batch have a factory casette holder.

Dave in Chicago

Early '92's (first couple hundred I think) had recessed hood badges.

There's some fun trivia, huh?

Rich Sandor

here's another one most people don't know:

The 968 badge on the rear of the very early 968's is flat whereas it's more rounded and puffy on the later cars.

'95 is arguably the best year to get, partially because it's also the rarest (only 200 made, I think)

FRporscheman

92 and some 93 used the old version 944 rear control arm bushings.

95 had porsche script decals on the calipers, instead of the old block lettering on 92-94.

Early cars had 944 rear seats while late cars had 911-style rear seats.

It's called a "torsen" (for torque-sensing), not "torsion", and it's M030 not MO30. And how are late door panels nicer than early? They're the same, except the early ones had an extra piece of vinyl on the armrest.

savvas944

the lsd on the 92 model is a disc type which wears relatively quickly if the oil used is not replaced often with a better quality than the one Porsche used.
Also it has the facility to be upgraded from 40 % to 80 %, by rearranging the discs around and playing with the thicknesses .Same lsd used in 968 turbo RS.

93 ONWARDS was changed to A TORSEN type perhaps by QUAIFE, (I am using 2 of those in my Turbo track car)which is relatively trouble fre but good for road or mild track use as it goes free wheel on deceleration , without braking
like the clutch type LSD of the 92 model.i have this on my Road /track 968
and the performance is superior to the Torsen type, when used with 75/140
synthetic oil.You simply brake deeper in the corner,so your lap time is better.

i think this is the biggest performance difference ,of all.

Fox944

Good catch.

They look nicer then the earlier panels with the extra vinyl. Its subjective, and that is my opinion (shared with most everyone i ever spoke to about them). The bigger point here is that they are not 100% identical. Doesnt really matter what one thinks is nicer.The later style front and rear seats also look nicer imo.

968gene

Best of all, the '92's had clear power steering reservoirs!

Rich Sandor

Does anyone know if you can still get the clear reservoir anywhere? I ordered one through the dealer but the part is superceeded to the plain-jane green reservoirs.

Fox944

They are NLA. A buddy of mine has been looking for one for a long time now.