alpinadvl

Ok,

this is probably the dumbest post I have ever made (there will be more... I can guarantee !)....

But,

can a 993 Turbo be modified to remove the rear spoiler and just end up with the stock 993 rear ?

what would it take? where could parts be relocated ?
what else would be involved ?

how stupid of an idea is this ? (besides the obvious purist issue...which I can overcome with Jack Daniels)

lol...

START THE ROCK THROWING !

Quadcammer

Anything is possible with enough money.

With muffler bypasses, you could do a ruf style rear bumper with the cutouts and do two sidemounts for each turbo like the newer cars.

You'd really need to squeeze the intake tube from the throttle body down to the wells somehow, but its doable.

What you'd do with the airbox, I don't know.

Personally, I love the whale tail.

Autobahn

If I remember correctly a member of the Porsche family had this done to his 993 to get rid of the rear spoiler.

No HTwo O

Don't we need the rear tail/spoiler for proper downforce?

JBL930

Poorboy did a cool job with his https://rennlist.com/forums/showthre...ferrerid=40678

Greg H.

Why would a turbo need different downforce than an NA car?

Greg

JDHertz11

I have a single turbo car that I am starting to collect parts for. One of the goals is to run it without a whale tail. I prefer the flat rear deck look. Hopefully I can have a custom I/C built...

alpinadvl

Very interesting.... some people dont like the whale tale - I do think it is very imposing (ie cool)... but I prefer more of a sleeper look... and I think the lines of the sloping 911 back are gorgeous unmarred.

Any other suggestions ? insights?

alpinadvl

Do you have any info or know where to go about getting info on this ?
(I bet if Curvelover was into whale-tail-less 993 turbos...we'd have an answer in 3.9 seconds !

FlatSix911

An outstanding example ... with side mounted intercoolers ...

David in LA

slight correction...Princeton did not "...have this done..."...he did it himself! an amazing self-fab project considering he is not a professional! And it was not to get rid of the spoiler...the car was a NA 993 to begin with and he fabbed and engineered the turbo system and body mods.

David in LA

yes...and if we were to rank the Top 10 DIY projects of all time, Princeton's project would have to be #1

David in LA

Gemballa use to offer an intercooled biturbo conversion for NA cars that did not require a tail. The details are in their older catalog and Curvelover had posted some pics/details on another thread IIRC. The Ruf CTR is also another example of an intecooled non-tailed turbo, but it had a sick body

Autobahn

I'll try to find the information. It might have been in Adrian's book. I think the conversion was done by Ruf.

alpinadvl

SO...... possible ?

what I am wondering if one could retain a stock C4S look and still have the turbo plumbing all repositioned (I know...not a lot of room to play).

Can anyone (who has posted..or viewed this thread) - comment to that effect?