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Originally Posted by elhigh
The Pelican Parts link includes a picture of a 944 (love those!) with louvers in the new Lexan backlight. I know the Mister Two's rad is up front but how much breathing at the rear is important? Louvers might not be a bad plan there.
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This one:
Lexan - Polycarbonate Rear Targa Glass? - Pelican Parts Technical BBS
I suspect that the MR-2 is like the Boxster in that the side intakes feed the engine oxygen. This means the rear deck louvers are for radiant heat release after shutdown.
Many Ferrari owners lift the rear hatch after running (
all the mid-engine models), it's their "thing".
I can see some kind of chamber (
under glass area) venting being an asset on the MR-2. Does not have to be a full louver, could be a smaller vents at top and bottom of enclosure.
Hardest parts of this type of project would be making it rain tight, plus the custom bent aluminum for the polycarbonate frames will have a high level of design involvement.
Still don't have to go fiberglass in my opinion. Lots of rubber gaskets though.