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Old 11-10-2015, 10:40 PM   #25 (permalink)
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The top is too fast, but Porsche used that to advantage the cooling system. If you modify the rear, that may need to be compensated. Maybe with intake scoops over the rear fender, like Tatra.

The middle half of the bottom is relatively flat. The front and rear quarters aren't, and that's half the length. Again, anything done in the rear could potentially affect engine cooling.

If you look under the front, an L-shaped panel on each side would box in most of the underside, but the lower arms and steering linkage runs through that area. In the back a flat diffuser (it should start at the torsion bar housing) could have louvers oriented to pull air up under the transaxle and down under the engine.

Like aerohead says, the windshield is a good compromise for visibility. The fat-fendered sides and the external hinges and drip rails aren't so hot.

One thing I've been thinking about but haven't documented would be a panel or strip that would replace the side chrome trim pieces, using the same mounting holes, that would follow the front fender contour from the parking light and taper to the door handle area, or curve back down to meet the rear fender over an air scoop. With a boxed-in rocker panel it would mimic the Porsche Carrera GT


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porsche_Carrera_GT
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