Engine carrier

993 115 021 53

Engine suspension Structural Safety 7 · Structural

Safety-critical part. This sits at level 7 (Structural) on the ten-point scale. A substitute part here carries consequences a trim piece does not: it needs engineering review, not a like-for-like appearance match.

Engine carrier, position 17 of Porsche catalogue illustration 109-00 — Position 17, cut from illustration 109-00. © Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG

Enhanced alternatives

None catalogued. No aftermarket replacement for this reference has been found and verified. That is a finding rather than a gap in research: for structural 993 carriers and brackets, the aftermarket largely does not exist, which is precisely what makes them reproduction candidates. Any reproduction here is a safety-level 7 part and needs a qualification programme, not a copied outline.

Full catalogue illustration 109-00

Porsche parts catalogue illustration 109-00, showing Engine carrier at position 17 — Illustration 109-00, catalogue page 115. This part is **position 17**.
© Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG · KAT 17

Catalogue record

Reference	993 115 021 53
Name	Engine carrier Motorträger · Support moteur
Catalogue group	Engine suspension Turbo
Position	17
Quantity per car	1
Catalogue evidence	Engine suspension Turbo · 17 · 993 115 021 53 · Engine carrier · 1
Verified	2026-08-17 Porsche PET — 911 1994–1998 Type 993 · KAT 17

Fitment

Turbo	1995–1998 · engine M64.60 · gearbox G64.51 / G64.52 · AWD

Specification

OEM material	unknown — not recorded rather than estimated
OEM weight	unknown
OEM price	unknown
Rotating mass	No
Unsprung mass	No

Explicitly inside the Turbo group, so Turbo fitment is proven rather than inferred. This is the reproduction case study in brief §21. Rennline builds a tubular replacement carrier for the 964/993, but it is explicitly non-Turbo — so the Turbo carrier still has no alternative. PET carries three carriers in total: -90 standard, -41 RS, -53 Turbo. No -54 exists in Kat 017.