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Has anyone removed the rear air splitters from their Turbo / S2?
I'd like to see what the car looks like without them. The only diagram I can find doesn't show how they attach, but I assume they are one-time plastic tabs that have to be broken to remove the splitters? I hope I'm wrong, but I don't see any hardware back there holding them to the rear valance.
Porsche put them on the car, along with side skirt pcs and the different undertray for reasons of highspeed stability. It all works together as a package. They are not only there for a purpose functionally, they are there as a purpose of aesthetics.
As mentioned above: just look around and you will see what normal 944s look like without them. Why would you risk possibly breaking or stripping a fastener for just "wondering what it looks like" ? Then put it back on ? Or not ?
I will politely/kindly defer to you as perhaps being new to the Porsche Turbo/S2 world.
The "apron" (diffuser) was awarded U.S. Patent # 4,653,795 in March, 1987 to inventor Mr. Richard Soderberg. I have attached a copy of the patent.
I believe that Porsche considered it significant enough aerodynamically to add it to these vehicles. Doubtful that Porsche would have incurred the additional expense of a piece of plastic hung under the back bumper if it did not have a purpose. Germans, you know.
According to the inventor, it was intended for keeping stones from throwing back at following cars, for a lowering of the drag co-efficient working in harmony with the rear wing spoiler, and for aesthetics pleasing to the eye.
According to the inventor, it was intended for keeping stones from throwing back at following cars, for a lowering of the drag co-efficient working in harmony with the rear wing spoiler, and for aesthetics pleasing to the eye.
I agree. And am keeping mine as well.
Well who asked you to take yours off? I just asked a question because I wanted to see what it looks like on my car in person. I personally don't do 100+ in my car, so I'm not too worried about it.
According to the inventor, it was intended for keeping stones from throwing back at following cars, for a lowering of the drag co-efficient working in harmony with the rear wing spoiler, and for aesthetics pleasing to the eye.
I agree. And am keeping mine as well.
Well who asked you to take yours off? I just asked a question because I want to see what it looks like on my car in person, not in pictures. I personally don't do 100mph+ in my car, so I'm not too worried about "highspeed stability."
Jesus Christ...
Anyway, they came off easily (as mentioned, two nuts per, two screws on the smaller one, three on the bigger - all easily accessed), and they weigh a ton. That being said, the car looks better with them, so I put them back on.
Last edited by AkechiMotors; 11-14-2016 at 01:26 AM.
sorry to intrude in your hierarchy. As someone else mentioned, you may easily SEE what they look like without it, by simply looking at another car. Any 944 normal up to when they became an option on those, or came standard on the S2 and turbo. You didn't need to go to the work of taking the splitter off and putting it back on.
I'll send a 'participation trophy' your way if you find it needful.
sorry to intrude in your hierarchy. As someone else mentioned, you may easily SEE what they look like without it, by simply looking at another car. Any 944 normal up to when they became an option on those, or came standard on the S2 and turbo. You didn't need to go to the work of taking the splitter off and putting it back on.
I'll send a 'participation trophy' your way if you find it needful.
I seem touchy? I asked a question, and instead of answering it, you posted twice - neither of which answered my question, both of which gave me an opinion I didn't ask for - simply to castigate me. I don't know about you, but where I live, I can't just go out on the street and find a 944 in my color without splitters. I can't even find pictures of one like that on line, but even if I could, I wanted to see it IN PERSON. In the future, I'll be sure to run any plans I have for my car past you first to make sure they're ok.
Last edited by AkechiMotors; 11-14-2016 at 12:30 PM.
11-13-2016, 07:56 PM
Has anyone removed the rear air splitters from their Turbo / S2?
AkechiMotors,
