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Originally Posted by DHE11
Aside from a nice touch of personal customisation, your weight savings holes should prove functional as well....
My previous car had the deep 964C2 style rear bar and light assemblies, and it was amazing how much air gets trapped back there. Video footage and all the dirt streamlines in the wet show up the various air paths trying to find any way out....
Can see on the newer 911 race cars they basically have nothing behind the rear wheels now.
That’s one of the reasons I liked and kept the early rear bar, it’s much higher and smaller so less to catch the air.
Keep up the modifications, and the suspense of what your going to tackle next...
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i had always thought of those holes as being a great way to dissipate radiant heat from the exhaust. hadn't even considered the potential for that panel to be a parachute.
i'm going to keep chipping away and try to remember to do all the little things on all my lists. i swear half of this project is managing all the task lists i've written.
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Originally Posted by ADDvanced
Fiberglass fenders never fit right or look right; the radii on edges are always fat/cheap looking. Steel is real!
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steel is real. hence my Reynolds 520 hardtail mtb in the age of carbon!
i'd have no problem re-radiusing the arches on FG/CF fenders. it's the lbs i'm after. i know there are concessions to be made for FG/CF....and they're all in the fit & finish. one way or another, i'm going to get this hog down to 2200 wet. and if that means FG/CF fenders, hood, decklid, roof, quarters, seats, dash, whatever, then i guess that's what i'll do. but that's the end goal. right now, i just want it back together so i can work on the driveline, suspension, and brakes. so i'm going easy on the steel fenders in case they become trade-bait.