Whale tail for 993?

MadChef · 03-23-2004, 03:39 PM

Hey all

You have a great site here! Wish I had found it sooner.
Anyways, I was just curious, does anyone have some pics (or a link to pics) of a 993 with a whale-tail on it?
Just wondering how it would look, I hear it's pretty nice.
Thanks!

motion · 03-23-2004, 05:11 PM

MacChef,

Welcome

The term "whale tail" is a name for the tail on the 80's Porsche 930. If you have a 993 TT, you already have a tail, of course. If you're looking for something larger, check some of the companies that make glass and carbon tails:

http://www.mashaw.com
http://theracersgroup.com
http://www.gt-racing.com

You should get some good pics there. Good luck!

Mike Feinstein · Mike Feinstein's Garage

Small correction. The whale tail was the tail used on Carreras, not Turbo's. 80's Turbo's used the "tea-tray" style tail that allows room for an intercooler.

Here's a whale tail (and I'd be interested to see how it looks on a stock 993 also):

Mike Feinstein · Mike Feinstein's Garage

Here's a turbo tail:

Adam · Adam's Garage

Ruf used to put tea-tray spoilers on 993 CTRs. They actually looked really good!

MadChef · 06:03 PM

Thanks for the replies guys, and thanks for the links motion, I'll def check those out.

Ok, so looks I've been misinformed...hmmm
I was under the impressions a "whale-tail" was more of a rectangular shape.

I found this picture:

EDIT: (guess they don't allow that! Here is a link, you'll have to copy-paste in a new window)

This looks like some sort of GT2 tail, but obviosuly I'm no expert. =)

MadChef · 03-23-2004, 06:05 PM

Here's the pic...

maxnine11 · maxnine11's Garage

you will probably find something similar from one of the aftermarket companies motion mentions.

MadChef · 03-23-2004, 06:06 PM

lol...thanks maxnine but even that link didn't work...anyways, I just uploaded it =)

and yeah, ill look into those sites, thanks.

Par911 · 03-23-2004, 06:22 PM

MadChef, here's a pic of a yellow 993 with a turbo tail.

Here's another 1995 993 RS with a tail. It's not a turbo tail though.

Par911 · 03-23-2004, 06:24 PM

Here it is at another angle:

MIK911 · 03-23-2004, 11:34 PM

The silver 993 that par911 posted a pic of has a "RS tail", as found on factory 993RS's. btw, the factory RS had similar looking wheels, and front air dam/splitter as this silver one. Conspicuously missing are the RS side skirts on this silver car, so makes me think this is not a real RS, but a RS look conversion. Hot, nonetheless.

Check out Rennlist.com The 993 forum/board is very active/informative, and a quick search should produce some awesome tails on 993's.

Mike
'86 coupe