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Rice’s Ramblings
Story and photos by Lee Rice
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Fr e e initial c o n s u ltat io n
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3 iterations of turbo charged Porsches
I will now continue the final evolution of
the Air-Cooled 911-993 as it is completed.
As I write this (January 4, 2009) the
engine is now installed in a 911 chassis.
However there has been a major change
of plans, and ideas.
First of all as any Porsche
modification or upgrade is considered one
must ask: “Exactly what am I expecting to
gain from this work and expense?” To my
dismay I realized that the normal things
I did on the 930 type engines were not
necessary on the 993 due to the evolution
and improvement in the later series of
motors.
As I have previously written, I was
unable to find truly competent advice as
to what was necessary to build a high
performance street 993 Turbo engine.
There is a lot of expert racing advice and
also a wealth of stock (street engine) help
available, but not much was available for
what I needed –at least when I started. The
safest method to follow, since a complete
teardown was required to inspect and clean
up the inside, (remember this engine was
a wreck recovery) was to do everything as
I have done with 930 Turbo upgrades.
Rice’s Performance Porsches
Specializing in 911 & 930
Repairs,
Overahauls,
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OEM Porsche Parts, ARP,
Bosch, KKK Turbos, RUF
A lot of this has proved unnecessary,
but after my rebuild I now had an engine
capable of near 650 reliable horsepower.
My own particular issue was, “What was
I going to do with such an engine in a
2,600 pound 911?” (And that is with a
full tank of gas (22 gls), small tool box,
and all the normal stuff found in any
street 911.) I am speaking here about
my much modified 911 that many of you
have seen at our Porsche Club events
over the years.
My current fully upgraded CIS 3.2
turbo engine already spins the rear tires
with ease with a G-50 and Limited Slip
Differential (LSD). And when I did this
by accident on the freeway recently in
4th gear while hitting the throttle to make
a pass and both rear wheels broke loose
on boost; I was more than just startled!
So, actually power is not a problem and
in fact I don’t need MORE of it in my
911.
With a 600+ Hp 3.6tt what would
have happened in a similar circumstance?
I really did not want to, or need to find out.
Lee Rice at his daily grind...fabricator cutting, filing,
welding, smoothing and DIRTY.
LESLIE F. RICE
PHONE (714) 539-1042
BY APPOINTMENT ONLY
E-MAIL riceturbos@sbcglobal.net
A+ turbos installed, no oil lines yet
The engine compartment
Two things have happened:
My Evolution 911 needed more rubber
on the rear than my pre-existing RS flairs
allowed (10X17 wheels & 255 sticky
rubber), plus it needed a real paint job.
My rescued and rebuilt 993ttS was more
engine than I would ever need. It also
cost a lot to build. And for me, it was
more than I would ever use. And possibly
just too much power for the chassis to
comfortably handle.
A wise old saying: “A man’s got to know
his limitation” -Inspector Callahan.
So, the rebuilt 993ttS engine was sold and
will to go into an evolution 1987 Carrera
― this is a car that I did the first C-2 (965)
Turbo conversion on back in 1992 – and
wrote about in these pages…..around that
time.
Now my Evo Blue is getting a make
over!
Next month the 911-993 TTS engine…
will continue after a bit of catching up on
technical questions.
The reason I commonly write about
my experiences with my own 911 is that
these early 911’s are the one Porsche
most modified and upgraded by Porsche
enthusiasts!
My experience is your gain -or loss,
depending on how you look at it?
Briefly the 993tts engine in
installed is NOW installed in the ’87
chassis and I am currently re-fitting
and modifying some things so that
the 993ttS engine does fit into an
early 911 chassis.
My 911 is in the paint shop
waiting for its color sanding and hard
polish. It is Mexico Blue applied to
new bigger 930 steel fender flairs,
a short hood (steel), and Ruf CTR-
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