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Originally Posted by TWIN911
Hello Chris,
Tell us more about raking the windshield on your car. It certainly looks great and I'm sure it does a good job on the wind resistance and wind noise. How does the raked windshield and lower roof impact your driving experience (is the windshield to close to your face), exit, entry to the car, etc. I guess this is one of those, would you do it again if you knew then what you know now, questions! Thanks, Brad
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Brad that's the first time someone ever asked me about how it felt to drive with the lowered Windshield...from the drivers standpoint. It feels like a 70's 911 of course, but the lower rake of the front glass does give it more of a cockpit sensation(jet plane-like). The front hood is not visible. Note that at about 150 mph the windshield begins to shutter a little bit(good cause for glass retainers).
This lower windshield rake combined with the side bars of the rollcage extending high on the sides makes entry and egress somewhat difficult. If you have bad back problems you probably won't make it. I had to put Recaro Sport Seats in the car so I could make it more driveable. With the Scheel Nomex full-wraparound deep racing buckets in the car, I found that you have to be a circus entertainer to get in and out. However, the lowered roof in my opinion looks elegant on the 911 Turbo body style. It makes the car unique especially with the custom T6 Alloy rollcage fitted to the special body. To answer your question, "I wouldn't change a thing". Thanks for your interest. Hope to see you on Mulholland someday.
