Vehicle Description
2dr 2-door Mini-Compact Passenger Car
1987 Porsche Carrera (Factory Turbo Look body with slant nose
conversion) M491
The car was last purchased in 1994 in Calabas, California with
21,102 miles on it.
What is the code M491 for Porsche?
One of the rarest 911s on the market...Porsche Option Code' M491'-
known as the 'Turbo-look', meant that the car left the factory with
Turbo-style wide arches, rear spoiler and wheels making it very
rare and not to be confused with cars converted to turbo arches
aftermarket.
This Porsche 911 Carrera cabriolet is one of 305 Cabriolets
produced with the US-spec M491 "Turbo Look" package for the 1987
model year. Power comes from a 3.2-liter flat-six paired with a G50
five-speed manual transaxle, and additional equipment includes a
limited-slip differential, cruise control, power-adjustable front
seats, 16? Fuchs forged wheels. This M491 911 now shows just over
69k
The Porsche 911 Carrera 3.2 was the first 911 offering the Turbo's
look for non-turbo cars. When the 911 Carrera 3.2 was launched in
1984 you could get a nice option called the M491 option. That was
the internal code for the works turbo-look (WTL). Officially called
the Supersport in the UK, it was commonly known as the "Turbo-Look"
and it was a pretty cool package.
First of all you got the 930 Turbo's wide fenders and the huge
whaletail wing on the back, but your 911 was also quipped with
upgraded suspension components, bigger wheels and the superb Turbo
brakes. The 911 Carrera 3.2 WTL was immensely popular in the United
States. Due to the emission rules, Porsche didn't offer a 911 Turbo
to US customers. So as a US citizen you couldn't get any closer to
a 911 Turbo than with the WTL at that time.
It was a style that resembled the 930 Turbo with wide wheel arches
and the distinctive "tea tray" tail. It featured the stiffer
suspension shared with the Turbo and the superior Turbo braking
system as well as the wider Turbo wheels. Sales of the Turbo-Look
were high for its first two years in the United States because the
desirable 930 was not available.
The Turbo-Look, received official title in the sales lists, as the
930 Chassis option starting in model year 1984. The order was now
possible without the special wish department (as previously). At
first, only available for the Coupe, some cabriolets were still
ordered with Turbo-Look items without having option code M491 in
the internal data sheets (cardex). For these cars the
"Sonderwunsch" dept. was once more responsible. From model year
1985 the Turbo-Look option could be ordered on all three models;
Coupe, Cabriolet and Targa produced together with the narrow body
on the same production line.
The Turbo-Look option package contained: Front fenders of 930
Turbo; which, were attached the same way as the Turbo, first by
welding flares to the narrow fender, then from model year 1986 a
new, widened fender as a one piece stamped steel part was
developed. Side rear 930 widened fenders at the back; which, was
attached the same way as the Turbo, first by welding flares to the
narrow body, then from model year 1986 a new, widened quarter panel
as one piece stamped steel part was manufactured. Porsche service
information reads: "The visible from inside weld seam is omitted.
The drawing part is now manufactured in one piece" The 930 front
apron with Black rubber elastic spoiler with integrated front
driving lights. The 930 Turbo rear wing with the black rubber
elastic lip of the Porsche 930 3.3 Intercooled model.
More Than Just a Wide-Body
The Turbo-Look packages was much more than just a design package.
The package featured the stiffer suspension shared with the Turbo
and the superior Turbo braking system as well as the wider Turbo
wheels. Sales of the Turbo-Look were high for its first two years
in the United States because the desirable 930 was not available,
and buyers liked that they got some better hardware.
The Turbo suspension was originally developed from the 3.0 RSR.
Caster and negative camber were increased and a connecting pipe
made of cast aluminum
