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Hello everyone! I need your help with my car. I've owned this car for the past 20 years and a few friends told me that this car was part of small run of regular Turbos that went through the Exclusiv program in early 1996. Basically, the car is spec'd as a Turbo S, before it was offered to the public. Another friend confirmed that, but told me the only way to identify these cars is with the code stamped in the engine, that should be an M64/60R, which it has. Regular Turbo's did not have the ''R'' suffix, while the Turbo S had an ''S'' suffix.
I have a 993 GT2, and it also has the ''R'' suffix in the engine stamp.
I also owned a 96 turbo with the R stamped on the engine, I think the 1996 X50 is the power option that was on 97/98 turbo S. If the ECU part number ends with 83 means the 430hp power package or ending with 85 for 97/98 turbo S/GT2 450hp, also the secondary small oil cooler below the front bumpers is a give away on 96 turbo with the power package.
Also check the doors and hood with a magnet to see if they are aluminum, mine was but unfortunately I total the car but managed to salvaged the engine/tranny/doors and build myself a GT2 tribute out of a C4S chassis.
Hi Colaiuta,
My background includes being with a tier-1 automotive supplier.
It does not surprise me that you received a stealth engine upgrade. In an automotive assembly production environment, any hiccups in the supply chain have to be addressed or there are large costs of holding up the line. If there is an engine shortage and there are a few extra "R" spec. engines available in-house, they will go into production to fill the void. The rationale is that it meets the need to keep the line productive and the customers certainly are not going to complain.
Andy
Hi Colaiuta,
My background includes being with a tier-1 automotive supplier.
It does not surprise me that you received a stealth engine upgrade. In an automotive assembly production environment, any hiccups in the supply chain have to be addressed or there are large costs of holding up the line. If there is an engine shortage and there are a few extra "R" spec. engines available in-house, they will go into production to fill the void. The rationale is that it meets the need to keep the line productive and the customers certainly are not going to complain.
Andy
With a filled option tag like Coliaiuta car it was deliberately set aside the production line and not for lack of parts in my opinion, special wishes.
M64/60R = GT2 version. So it is likely that as part of this Exclusiv programme, your car received this motor instead of the normal M64/60 and before the M64/60S was yet a thing.
I agree with BoomBoom...having managed auto plants in the past, there is no way a performance engine is being subbed when there is a parts shortage. The car wouldn't have been scheduled in the first place and if there was some sort of mishap, it would be taken from the line.
M64/60R = GT2 version. So it is likely that as part of this Exclusiv programme, your car received this motor instead of the normal M64/60 and before the M64/60S was yet a thing.
All M64/60 engines including the R or S are the same mechanically from 96 to 98, only the ECU's and turbo's changes, same cams, valves sizes, displacement, compression ratio, exhaust, everything is the same. The factory never did changes on the M64/60 engines from day one on the 993 turbo, turbo S or street GT2. The ECU programs were different with K24 turbo's, nothing else.
Vehicle Identification No. WP0ZZZ99ZTS371869 Model Turbo Coupe 993 Date of production 04.03.1996 Year 1996 Sales type 993770 Engine Code 6460 Transmission Code G6451 Axle drive 6S Equipment QQ Roof color A8 Carpet color code 3TE Exterior color / Paint Code A8 / Seat combination no. DEF Number of Z-Orders 3
PR Number Attribute
Description 130 Control and indications in English lettering 139 Seat heating system, left seat 197 Stronger battery 210 220 Locking differential 40 % 224 Automatic limited slip differential 235 288 Headlamp washer 329 Radio Blaupunkt Toronto SQR 48 Radio "Porsche CR-210" USA 335 Automatic seat belt, 3-point, rear 339 All-wheel drive 340 Seat heating system, right seat 408 18-inch Techno wheel 423 Holder for cassettes and coins 425 Rear window wiper 434 437 Comfort seat, left, electrically adjustable 438 Comfort seat, right, electrically adjustable 441 prepared for radio 445 Silver wheel centres with full-colour Porsche Crest 454 Automatic speed control 455 Anti-theft device for wheels 480 6-speed manual transmission 490 Sound package 534 Theft security system 545 Tank of 92 litres 562 Airbag, driver's side and front passenger's side 566 Front fog lights, white 567 Windscreen tinted, upper part darker coloured 573 Air conditioner 586 Lumbar support, left seat 599 Roof cover molding 602 Center high-mounted stop lamp 605 Headlight range control 650 Electrical sliding roof 651 Electric window opener 657 Power steering 659 on-board computer 660 Obd 2 685 Rear seats, split 692 CD autochanger "Porsche " 706 975 Luggage compartment lining with velour carpet 981 Leather equipment without seat covers X50 X52 X56 X57 X63 X64 X77 X78 X79 XD1 XD2 XX1 Y25 Y75
As you can see, many exclusive options! X50 is the engine pack @ 430bhp all other options bring it to Turbo S spec, as you say, a turbo S before they came out!
Vehicle Identification No. WP0ZZZ99ZTS371869 Model Turbo Coupe 993 Date of production 04.03.1996 Year 1996 Sales type 993770 Engine Code 6460 Transmission Code G6451 Axle drive 6S Equipment QQ Roof color A8 Carpet color code 3TE Exterior color / Paint Code A8 / Seat combination no. DEF Number of Z-Orders 3
PR Number Attribute
Description 130 Control and indications in English lettering 139 Seat heating system, left seat 197 Stronger battery 210 220 Locking differential 40 % 224 Automatic limited slip differential 235 288 Headlamp washer 329 Radio Blaupunkt Toronto SQR 48 Radio "Porsche CR-210" USA 335 Automatic seat belt, 3-point, rear 339 All-wheel drive 340 Seat heating system, right seat 408 18-inch Techno wheel 423 Holder for cassettes and coins 425 Rear window wiper 434 437 Comfort seat, left, electrically adjustable 438 Comfort seat, right, electrically adjustable 441 prepared for radio 445 Silver wheel centres with full-colour Porsche Crest 454 Automatic speed control 455 Anti-theft device for wheels 480 6-speed manual transmission 490 Sound package 534 Theft security system 545 Tank of 92 litres 562 Airbag, driver's side and front passenger's side 566 Front fog lights, white 567 Windscreen tinted, upper part darker coloured 573 Air conditioner 586 Lumbar support, left seat 599 Roof cover molding 602 Center high-mounted stop lamp 605 Headlight range control 650 Electrical sliding roof 651 Electric window opener 657 Power steering 659 on-board computer 660 Obd 2 685 Rear seats, split 692 CD autochanger "Porsche " 706 975 Luggage compartment lining with velour carpet 981 Leather equipment without seat covers X50 X52 X56 X57 X63 X64 X77 X78 X79 XD1 XD2 XX1 Y25 Y75
As you can see, many exclusive options! X50 is the engine pack @ 430bhp all other options bring it to Turbo S spec, as you say, a turbo S before they came out!
So at the end of the day there's no mystery, just another 1996 993 pre turbo S with 430hp.
Hello everyone! I need your help with my car. I've owned this car for the past 20 years and a few friends told me that this car was part of small run of regular Turbos that went through the Exclusiv program in early 1996. Basically, the car is spec'd as a Turbo S, before it was offered to the public. Another friend confirmed that, but told me the only way to identify these cars is with the code stamped in the engine, that should be an M64/60R, which it has. Regular Turbo's did not have the ''R'' suffix, while the Turbo S had an ''S'' suffix.
Thanks for posting up the infos on your cars. I also have a stamp S after engine model number. Yours as others have pointed out is the X50. It is the code that gets the R on the engine case. Thank you for also posting that the GT2 has an R on it. That info is harder to come by as most are safely tucked away from the public. Your second friend is not quite correct, the R on the case is not the only way to tell. If you run the VIN like someone kindly did above it will show it. X50 also appears on the option sticker code you posted which unfortunately are not always still on the cars 25 y later. The fact yours has all three, the VIN, sticker and engine stamp is a nice bonus. I bought the book Porsche 911 turbo AIR-COOLED YEARS by Gabriel-Franz, who, given access to the Porsche Achieves, tabulated among other infos all factory powerkit cars by country which is quite interesting. I looked yours up and sure enough your vin is in there listed a 1 of 3 cars with X50 powerkit delivered originally to Oman in 1996. It was believed and written on this site that no base turbos with X50 (not including turboS cars) were delivered to the US but I have found this not to be true. One came for sale last year and indeed 11 X50s had us VINs. I started a thread in the turbo page to try and collect info on them. How about a pic of this 993 and or the GT2
01-05-2024, 11:16 AM
The mystery around my 993 Turbo.
