Carl Fausett

Some of you watched our development of our newer, wider, fender flares for the Porsche 928 this Winter.

We improved upon last year's design and have the new parts molded and are making parts.

You can see pictures of the new style here:

http://www.928motorsports.com/parts/fenderflares.html

They are very aggresive and probably not for everybody. They will add 4" in width to the front of your 928 and 5 1/2" to the rear.

They are designed to be molded in and seamless. They attach to your existing fenders - they are not a complete fender replacement.

Enjoy!

prophesized

wow you werent kidding when you said theyre very aggressive

Jim_H

Why in the heck would you do that?

perrys4

Paint it pink and get a plate that says PMPDADY....not my cup of tea!!

Carl Fausett

Why in the heck would you do that?

...because it is a racecar and we can gain 5.5" of track this way.

Cornering is all about your Center of Gravity (CG) and how you handle it.
You can improve cornering by springs, shocks, struts, and swaybars - but when you've dipped into all those pools, then you reach for track width and ride height.

Kibort simplified it in an email where he said "1 inch of lowering is equal to 2 inches of track"... and this (although an over-simplification) is fundamentaly true.

But, there is such a thing as lowering your 928 too far - past the point of proper geometry in your a-arms and clipping the needed suspension travel to allow your sway bars and struts to arc and work for you correctly.

I have lowered this car 1.5" and that is the max I care to go. What's left?
Increasing the track (width)!

These fender flares increase the track in the front by 4" and the track in the rear by 5 1/2" - and that is a significant reduction in CG. AND they allow me to fit 315's in the front and 335's in the rear (actually there is room for even wider, but Hoosier does not make a wider 17" or 18" tire than a 335). That turned out to be 13.5" of contact patch PER rear tire....

...and that's why.

Stan.Shaw@Excell.Net

Only 315s in the front? kind of narrow isn't it?
My car is happily shod with 335s on all four corners
I was really pleased at a recent D.E. at Lime Rock when someone mentioned they never thought they would see the day when a 928 was out run on the straights by a 911 but ran away in the corners (and my 928 was the reference point)

Weissach

Is this the finished product? The fornt one look okay, but the back ones look like their of another car!!

JKelly

Could this be the next "ricer" trend? (not being sarcastic)

A big tall spoiler, some trick wide racing fender flares, a big bung hole muffler, a 500 hp blown motor, and a wild paint job!!!!!!!! Also, don't forget the flat panel screen for your in dash dvd player and the super thumpin system.

Carl Fausett

The rear vents you see there are not accidental.
Venting the fender wells front and rear is more common than you think, and I have included some Porsche and McClaren examples.

The idea is to evacuate the air turbulance and pressure that is just aft of each tire as quickly as possible, thereby lowering the pressure beneath the car and improving the ground-effect.

Here is a McClaren Can-Am car with vents just behind the rear tires...

Carl Fausett

Here is another example of rear vents on a Porsche 911 GT1

Carl Fausett

Here is how the vents look from the back on the 911 GT1

Carl Fausett

...and how they look from the rear of the 928 Motorsports car!

We think they are a handsome addition!

rixter

uuugghhhhhhhh...... psssstttttt
fugly

Carl Fausett

From the side, you can see how they are molded-in and contoures to fit the beautiful curves of the 928.

Keep in mind - in these pictures the fastening rivets show - the fender flares on a street car will be even more handsome once the seams are filled in and hidden!

heinrich

While these flares are IMHO very unattractive, they do add serious width potential for rubber, and there's nothing new about that kind of flare in Porsche racing.