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I
first thought about ordering wheels that would fit a 993 turbo and then
order the appropriate flares. Well.... this just sounded too sane so (
while the car had no fenders ) I ordered the widest rear 18"Kineses
wheels I could get and then a good balanced front set of wheels to match.
This
approach guaranteed that (1) I would have a unique car and (2) I would
kick myself later.
Now it was time
to find body parts... I did a lot of research and found that Getty Design
had the best product as far as fit and quality of materials. I ordered
the following:
993 GT2 EVO +2"
Front Bumper
993 GT2 EVO Lower
Splitter
993 GT2 +3" Rear
Bumper
993 GT2 +2" Front
Fenders
993 GT2 +3" Rear
Quarters
993 GT2 Rockers
993 GT2 Lower Rocker
Extensions
993 GT2 Rear Deck
Lid
( I already had a
spare GT2 Tail to use)
This should be happy
covering 74" wide from rear outside tire to tire but I was at 79.5"
Hmmmmm....
I did some more research
and the guys at Getty came up with a pair of what they called 14"
add on flares (supposedly to accommodate 14" rear wheels on 993).
These flares also
enlarged the rear wheel opening to 28" for tall racing wheels/ tires.
I discovered that I could bring the front edge of the add on flare down
lower than it was supposed to be mounted and it would give me more room
in the wheel well and bring the wheel opening to fit the shape of 25"
wheels. I mounted the add on flares this way and blended them into the
rear +3" rear quarters giving me +6.5" over standard 993 turbo
rear quarters. I did almost the same thing to the front by adding GT2
front add on flares over the already +2" front fenders. Now I had
plenty of room for the big wheels and the look is aggressive to say the
least.
The front and rear
bumper required a lot of fitting and some addition to their dimensions
to meet up with the non-stock flares.
The opening in the
rear deck lid was enlarged and reinforced with some steel tube.
The GT2 tail's base
was chopped 1.5" in the back sloping up to the front - this provided
a rake that followed the lines of the body better and for some reason
made a huge improvement in the look of the car. The tail will once again
go under the knife to make room for the huge 3 core intercooler
With the addition
of the big Supercharger the cooling requirements increased and being located
in Texas did not help matters so I decided to mount twin aluminum racing
oil coolers....But where could I put them.....
After seeing one of
my friends build a organically shaped speaker box from fleece cloth ,MDF
frame ,and fiberglass resin, I felt inspired. I found an oval shaped MDF canvas
frame at a local art store and cut it on a diagonal. Then beveled the
cut edges to lean it back a bit. Then I stuck it to the quarter with bondo
as adhesive. Then I stretched fleece from the ark of the MDF back to the
body and doped it with resin. When it set up I removed the MDF ring and bondo and then back laid the whole thing with some mat and resin. What I ended up with was a great positive
pressure scoop to mount the oil cooler in and a shape that fits very well
with the lines of the car.
The smaller scoop
above the oil cooler duct is a small brake cooler.
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