Fongster

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Cross post to my comments about both cars.

I am sure there are others who have the same experience

Feel free to chime in

rem, these 2 cars are street legal and will remain so

touf

last month's issue of excellence has an article discussing all the diferent RS models.
74 RS, 964 RS, 993 RS and GT3 RS.
Although the 996 GT3RS has significantly more Pwr, the autor seems to favor the 993 RS.
Cheers,

Roygarth

Good man

Monique

Drove both before making my choice; the 993 RS is more raw and appealed to the unsavory side of my character.

BTW, they were the same price too.

Jean

Most magazines consider the 993RS and the very rare RSR as the ultimate driving experience in a Porsche bar none. Monique, hold on to it

Joe S.

What is the RSR? Was there a 993 RSR? Was this just a race car? I know there is the GT3 RSR. One of the reasons I ask is I keep seeing a front strut brace bar on Ebay saying it is off of a RSR.

Jean

Joe

My mistake I did not specify, the RSR is a 964 and not 993. There were only 45 produced and where made to have them homologated into a racing version, these were N/A engines with up to 350 hp from the factory.
The 993 was called the RS Clubsport, basically very similar to the RS that Monique has, but stripped down and with an aggressive double decker wing ala GT2, also 300 hp.

Fongster, I am not sure whether they import the GT3RS in Singapore, but I think it would have made a better comparison vs your 993RS as far as sound and roughness is concerned. Congratulations on the car BTW.

Greg Fishman

There are 993 RSR's but they were track only cars.

Joe S.

Thanks guys. I new about the 993 RSCS and the 993 GT2 EVO, which I have also seen a couple of strut braces from but then I also saw this RSR stut brace. Lots of different versions I guess.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...e=STRK:MEWA:IT

Greg Fishman

Joe,
Anyone can put a RSR label on a part, and that part looks just the same as the Cup/RSCS version. I don't know for a fact that this isn't what the RSR had for a front tower brace but I would be surprised if most didn't have the solid part like the GT2 did.

Fongster

I would prefer the 993 too in terms of raw appeal

993RS are very much in demand, we have had offers of 60 thousand pounds

even a one for one swap for a MK1 GT3

-f

Monique

FWIW, I consider the 993 RSCS and the 993 RSR as one car. It seems more a market desig than a real difference in the vehicles.

AFAIK, they had no interior carpeting, nomex seats and a built in fire extinguisher system. Tried 2 ... but after 10 minutes, you need earplugs driving to the grocery store.

Although mine is not much better,,, hence, no radio.

Joe S.

Interesting. I really didn't think of the difference between the two before. I checked out Gert's site. What does the GT2 bar mount to?
http://www.carnewal-europe.com/cpx_p93102.htm

An the bar on Ebay looks more like the cup bar:
http://www.carnewal-europe.com/cpx_p93012.htm

Greg Fishman

Monique,
Have you seen or driven a real RSR? I have and I can tell you it is a far cry from a RSCS.

The RSCS is very similar to a Cup Car though, maybe that is what you were thinking.

Greg Fishman

The GT2 mounts to the same location as the other bar. It uses the front two 13mm nuts that hold the strut to the car.