1994 993 Carrera

[abcarrera]

Hello all,

After many years out of Porsche ownership I have just bought a 1994 993, pretty much standard except for RS front splitters and RS fixed rear spoiler.

I have read with great interest about RSR mufflers, so have bought a spare pair and will be sending
them to Gert this coming week.

Any thoughts on the motorsound air Box lid?

Any other obvious mods to be getting on with?

Also what stero would have been fitted as standard back then?
Mine is fitted with something more suited to a chavved up saxo it has more flashing blue
lights and graphics than Blackpool!
It is mated to a 6 disc changer in the boot.
I would preper something more along the lines of single disc & radio preferable original.
Anybody got one?

thats all for now

[Lurking Lawyer]

The Motorsound airbox offers a bit more induction noise, but I can't say as I've noticed it being much louder than stock. You can achieve the same effect by DIY drilling some holes in the stock lid. There are a number of threads with pics on here and on 911uk.com showing how.

The other must-do mod is to fit an aftermarket HID kit. The OEM headlights are shocking. You can get one for £125 from ACEParts.com, who also owns a 993 himself and posts on here.

[abcarrera]

Thanks for that,

HID kit is it an easy DIY job? do you have to drill holes in the body to fix it? Do you need a separate kit for the front driving lights?

Cheers.

[Captain James T]

I was selling 993s new back in 1994 and I seem to remember that there was the option of a Blaupunkt Bremen / Montreal or a Sony head unit for the UK market. They arrived wired with speakers and no head unit. I just happen to have a Blaupunkt in my garage somewhere...

[abcarrera]

Thanks for that info, the stereo that is lurking in your garage is it that model?

The thing is that hopefully I won't be listening to the stereo much anyway whilst driving the 993 especially when I have fitted the mufflers. But occasionally it would be good to listen to the odd c.d. or the news on the radio.

The current one as I mentioned is this rather scary looking bright blue lighted affair with a silver surround, does not really blend that well with the black of the dash!!

[Captain James T]

Yep, I think it's a Blaupunkt Montreal... genuine with real valves...! It was about £700 new so you can have it for that..no premium!

[abcarrera]

Tempting.........but not that tempting Would rather buy a nice 100 cell cat and listen to the lovely noise that would produce.

Can you recall from that era if any were sold with c.d. units from new?

[Captain James T]

No CD/ Radio combination was offered, just a Radio/ Cassette/ CD stacker set up.

[Pickled Piper]

RSRs a good mod. Motorsound airbox or drill your own as LL has stated. You may want to retain an original for trackdays. My Motorsound airbox appears to be just tipping my car over the noise limit.

HIDs have already been mentioned. RS short shift kit is nice, as is a strut brace.

If the car is running on the original suspension you may want to save for a refurbishment/ upgrade.

In terms of a head unit. Anything discreet from Becker will look original. You can probably pick something up from Ebay for a couple of hundred notes.

pp

[abcarrera]

Thanks for the info PP. Still running on original setup, living in Norfolk the roads are not the smoothest! so for now will leave suspension mods till refurb time. Will keep an eye on Ebay then for suitable candidate.