body

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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