windscreen

[bpick84]

Looking for a translucent ginter style windscreen. Anyone know of a good source?

[SirAndy]

They are hard to come by.

I haven't seen one for sale in quite some time and none of the usual aftermarket panel suppliers seems to offer them anymore ...
Andy

[jhora]

bpick84...

I have a fiberglass one...it is the Ginther shape but made in fiberglass
let me know if interested....just up the road from you

[bpick84]

thanks but rule book says it has to be translucent.

[Glens67]

What is a ginter style windscreen????
Glen

[jhora]

Originally Posted by Glens67

What is a ginter style windscreen????

Glen...go here to see one
AJ EFR 914-6 - Photo 3 photo - 914-6 GT photos at pbase.com



bpick84....what venue are you running

[bpick84]

HSR and SVRA....and that was a good picture of EFR in his younger days driving for Ginther, about 1972.

[jhora]

yep...they had a good run with the car then...

good luck with your campaign in HSR and SVRA...I know you will have fun

please post us a picture of your 914 when it's ready for the track

thanks

[bpick84]

John:

I have run with them since 1999. I am just concerning making a change in the car. I have a lot of fun now...just want to try going topless!

[jhora]

going topless definitely helps with weight reduction and also wind resistance with less frontal area...this is good for little more speed on long straights

I only did one Ginther style...I didn't like the looks of the cage sticking out bare...I never did modify the regular full cage to be lower in front like the SCCA regs said you can...so my cage just stood up in the air...the Ginther one looks so much cleaner

[bpick84]

I am looking for less wind resistance. I am at minimum weight now and will have to ballast but I can move it low to improve the cg. I will modify cage if I do it.

[jhora]

it will definitely reduce the wind resistance and get CG lower

I saw one 914 that had the stock "roll bar" gutted and only had the skin to reduce weight and cg...still had the cage hoop of course....but the inside of the stock "roll bar" is pretty heavy duty metal

[Dave at Pelican Parts]

Rich Bontempi over at High Performance House (Rich Bontempi's High Performance House - Redwood City, California) may have one, or may know where to get one.

Be sitting down when you find out the price. They were very spendy parts ten years ago, and I don't imagine they've gotten any cheaper since then.

--DD

[bpick84]

Thanks Dave. I will check with them. I have an idea about what it is...but then who said racing was cheap!

[porsche4me]

ChumpCar World Series and The 24 Hours of LeMons says it is -

In savannah building a 914 for the 14 hours of Roebling road in Aug 2010 - I need driver/team mates hint hint hint,,,,,,,, 4 hours of seat time in one weekend -

[bpick84]

Send me a pm....hint..hint

[jhora]

Will this be for the ChumpCar Series