hey guys recently i purchased carrera s 2006 manual, the car only got 24000 km and it still smells brand new, it got carbon fiber air intake housing different from others carreras and in drag race its surprisingly faster then other carreras s. How can i tell if i got x51 on it?

 

If its got the X51 CF air box then you might have one. Did the previous owner not have the options list?

Jason

 

unfortunately no, I can take a pic of the engine if it might help

 

yeah post it up... but X51 airboxes were easy to get aftermarket so that is not going to tell the whole story. You may need to go through your dealer to find out exactly what you have.

 

Your dealer can check that for you. Intake parts are not the full story.

 

Thanks Jason and adias for taking time to help me, believe me it was the first thing I did went to a dealer. I live in Kuwait and unfortunately umm how can i say it the Porsche dealer here not so bright. They told me they never installed it or ordered one with it and my car it came through Dubai dealer.
Sorry for the pics they are not that good cause of sun, I will take better ones

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You can contact your importer or the factory and they will tell you what your car options are based on its VIN.

 

thats a great idea thanks a lot I will do that

 

The cost of adding X51 is huge. Even from the factory the part is not cheap but to add it with the cost of labor is just too much . Most guys who didn't order it from the factory end up adding aftermarket parts .

 

Have Suncoast run your VIN, it's a great free service: http://www.suncoastparts.com/category/VINDECODER.html

You've got the intake, so chances are good you have the full package.

 

Yes thats so true but I want to be sure

 

ntlgnt1 thanks a lot I just send VIN to Suncoast Parts and sent an email to UAE dealer now all I have to do wait

 

Your car certainly has the X-51 plenum, oil filler pipe and intake runners as well as the the X-51 airbox. This also means it has the X-51 throttle body which needs the X-51 ECU mapping (or you would just get CELs all the time) X-51 vacuum lines and X-51 wiring loom mods.

The cost of doing the airbox/oil filler pipe/t-body/runners/vacuum plumbing/wiring loom mods/ECU update as mods to a stock engine would be huge (it's an engine-out job) and utterly pointless without the modified cylinder heads that are the core of the X-51 package. I just can't see anyone creating a hybrid engine like that, so I'd put a large bet on you having the full X-51 setup.

 

Try AutoAtlanta's VIN decoder for an instant response:

http://autoatlanta.com/life/vin/vin.php