993 Targa Turbo S - not a misprint...

[verysideways]

Interesting:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBa

I wonder if the body flexes when the torque spikes just after 4k rpm...

[a993lad]

There is one of these in the UK too I think.

It was featured in one of the Porsche mags last year, silver 993 targa with a turbo engine. Owned by some guy in the North, Manchester possibly. I think they were quoting 500+ bhp for it.

[kennyboy]

f*ck it looks great doesn't it - the concept seems a bad idea but it looks sooooo well done.

[hot66]

have you seen the 993 turbo cab ... now that is a rare car

[verysideways]

hot66 said:

have you seen the 993 turbo cab ... now that is a rare car

Yeah, not keen myself because they've used the 964 turbo rear wing - doesn't quite *fit* with the 993's curves in my opinion.

[sleep envy]

ebayer said:

CAR STARTED AS A ALREADY RARE 1998 TARGA 993 C2S

did P really make a RWD wide body targa?

[leosayer]

I thought targas were as stiff as the coupe anyway, just a bit heavier.

[Lurking Lawyer]

leosayer said:

I thought targas were as stiff as the coupe anyway, just a bit heavier.

They're based on the Cab chassis so they don't have the torsional rigidity of the Coupe.

How much difference in feel would be perceptible to your average driver under real-world road-driving conditions, I don't know.....

Edited by Lurking Lawyer on Wednesday 17th January 12:01

[bermyandy]

They're based on the coupe chassis

[Lurking Lawyer]

bermyandy said:

They're based on the coupe chassis

That flies in the face of all the reading I did before buying a 993 Targa....

For instance: www.performance2and4.co.uk/993_2_n.htm

Edited by Lurking Lawyer on Wednesday 17th January 12:05

[sleep envy]

bermyandy said:

They're based on the coupe chassis

this has been mentioned before but I'm not so sure as you can see the junction on the rear 3/4 wing which is the same as the cab version

[verysideways]

[anorak]
993 targa is based on the 993 cab chassis - in fact the original press leak suggested that it could be an optional glass hard top for cab buyers who wanted something for the winter...
[/anorak]

[verysideways]

sleep envy said:

ebayer said:

CAR STARTED AS A ALREADY RARE 1998 TARGA 993 C2S

did P really make a RWD wide body targa?

NO

[phelix]

sleep envy said:

ebayer said:

CAR STARTED AS A ALREADY RARE 1998 TARGA 993 C2S

did P really make a RWD wide body targa?

No; all targas and cabs (with the exception of the 11 or 12 very rare factory 993 turbo cabs) are narrow body.

[bermyandy]

Ah... 993...

996 and 997 are coupe according to Porsche GB

[Lurking Lawyer]

The clue was in the thread title, Andy.....

[911wise]

Was this an actual production model? or just a made to order example for someone with a few quid?

[verysideways]

911wise said:

Was this an actual production model? or just a made to order example for someone with a few quid?

I'd hazard a guess it's the latter - the description mentions it was modified to be this way from a '98 Targa.

[911wise]

So it never left the porsche factory like that?

[leosayer]

Lurking Lawyer said:

leosayer said:

I thought targas were as stiff as the coupe anyway, just a bit heavier.

They're based on the Cab chassis so they don't have the torsional rigidity of the Coupe.

How much difference in feel would be perceptible to your average driver under real-world road-driving conditions, I don't know.....

As I understood it, the strengthened cab chassis and fixed roof pillars give it the same torsional rigidity as the coupe.