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1 - Can anyone identify what this one is?
2 - What happens to the factory spoiler? Disconnect the power so it never comes up again?
3 - If the factory is disabled, will the car lose some of it's factory cooling? If I am not mistaken, the 997 factory raises up to help in cooling?
What your looking at is a factory 997.2 turbo spoiler. They pop up for sale in the Rennlist classifieds from time to time and on Evil-bay. There a couple of good step by step wright ups on converting a stock rear deck lid over to a turbo one. They can made to work just as they would on a turbo and do not negatively affect cooling and may or may not increase downward force over the stock rear spoiler. There are some camps that feel the change in down force with out an accompanying front spoiler can negatively affect high speed stability, speeds approaching 130, but I have yet to see the empirical data and if your are driving around on public roads over 130 mph you are a menace. If you are patient you might even find a used one the same color of your car saving you some cash on having to have one painted, Hope this helps Cheers
In addition, the upper wing raises taller on a cab than it does on a coupe 2" vs 3".
I did the conversion on my wife's 997 C2S
Active Aero Wing in parked position
Active Aero wing in raised position (this was a Coupe hydraulics setup - Cab goes 1" higher which is the height I chose for the Eram active aero wing on my silver RUF car)
Rennkit's Erams in Deployed position (same height as a Cab)
What your looking at is a factory 997.2 turbo spoiler. They pop up for sale in the Rennlist classifieds from time to time and on Evil-bay. There a couple of good step by step wright ups on converting a stock rear deck lid over to a turbo one. They can made to work just as they would on a turbo and do not negatively affect cooling and may or may not increase downward force over the stock rear spoiler. There are some camps that feel the change in down force with out an accompanying front spoiler can negatively affect high speed stability, speeds approaching 130, but I have yet to see the empirical data and if your are driving around on public roads over 130 mph you are a menace. If you are patient you might even find a used one the same color of your car saving you some cash on having to have one painted, Hope this helps Cheers
Bingo. I found a fellow Rennlister who was selling a TT tail in the exact color as mine at a great price. The bonus was he removed the pesky, expensive hydraulics! Now I can adjust the height of my tail, with no tools at all in a few minutes! Not to be snarky but the stock TT hydraulic system is frail and costly. The middle of the road approach is the electric ram conversion as it eliminates the hydraulics.
Slapping a Turbo or ? tail on a 911 is a long standing traditional mod. I just happened to be drawn to the factory lines of the TT tail over a GT or Aero wing. You mileage may vary.
Last edited by captainbaker; 05-06-2018 at 07:39 PM.
Bingo. I found a fellow Rennlister who was selling a TT tail in the exact color as mine at a great price. The bonus was he removed the pesky, expensive hydraulics! Now I can adjust the height of my tail in a few minutes with no tools at all in a few minutes! Not to be snarky but the stock TT hydraulic system is frail and costly. The middle of the road approach is the electric ram conversion as it eliminates the hydraulics.
Slapping a Turbo or ? tail on a 911 is a long standing traditional mod. I just happened to be drawn to the factory lines of the TT tail over a GT or Aero wing. You mileage may vary.
would gen great to see some pictures! I love this mod. If I had a 997.2 C4S I'd do this in a heartbeat. I'd also use our 4" eRam Kit. 😎
One of the best visual upgrades ever in the history of the 911. It helps that C4s is a wide body and has the hips to fill out the over all picture.
I agree. Your car looks just like my white C4S after I finished the conversion last year. It wasn't a cheap modification, but well worth it. I still have the factory hydraulic system, but I will eventually swap it out for the electric ones.
You can find the swap instructions in this forum. Someone has the tool that is used to disassemble the top airfoil from the decklid (as we all kind of share the one tool and pass it on to the next person doing the swap).
Someone has the tool that is used to disassemble the top airfoil from the decklid (as we all kind of share the one tool and pass it on to the next person doing the swap).
A simple straight punch of the right size slipped into the hole in the hydraulic rams works just as well as the pinned spanner tool.
05-04-2018, 11:44 PM
Another spoiler question
