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Old 08-06-2007, 05:59 PM
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Default Who has the AIR brake cooling ducts?

The ones that sit in the foglight holes. . .

http://americaninternationalracing.c...alleryid=43737

I want to hear about the fitment and quality.

I called to order them, and the way the dude was talking scared me. He told me that they 'would be ok for a race car, but I may not be happy with them on a street car' I asked him to compare the fitment/quality to the splitter they make, and he told me that you 'can't even compare them, one is for a race car one is for street.'

Pics would help as well. . .
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I have them. The fit isn't great, I had to cut/file/sand/dremel the outer edge to get them to fit the way I liked. Plus, mounting is totally up to you. The plus side, I think they work pretty well as moving a descent amount of air. I haven't noticed brake fade since I installed them.
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I think tifosiman has them... Good luck..
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I just put mine on today. I had to fit one side by sanding the edges, but not too bad.
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I had to sand down some edges and add fiberglass material to the corners to get them to fit. Took a lot more work than it should have to get them to fit.
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Why not use the OEM 993 part instead?

I fit those on my 968.

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Any idea on that OEM part number off the top of your head Jason?
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Patrick,

I got them from Paragon. Their part number is item#900228; identified as 993 Brake Cooling Duct.

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Originally Posted by Jason Judd
Why not use the OEM 993 part instead?

I fit those on my 968.

Jason
Because the 993 and 968 fog light openings in the front bumper cover are about 1/3 the size of the 944T/S2 foglights.
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Oops...didn't know that.

I thought they were the same size as the 944T.

My appologies.

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Greg-- thanks for the pictures

anyone else have some (maybe high res or close up) pics of how they look?

TIA
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Ted, I'll get some close ups tonight if you'd like.
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I added a pair of AIR brake ducts along with twin ducted oil coolers this past winter. I fabed up some aluminum mounting brakets off the old fog light housing and used a 45 deg. silicon hose off the back of the cooling duct to extend back over my oil cooler ducting where i transition to 3" flexible racing hose.
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I realize there is a funnel type action happening on those ducts, however they have a lot smaller aperture than the rectangular stock 951 ducts. I am now trying to marry up the stock ducts with a part I bought from Pelican that leads into the 3" duct hose, then onto those backing plates with the same sized spigots. This doesn't look like a straight fit but I can't see what else you would join these new pieces to? I haven't seen them in the flesh yet so maybe it will become more apparent. Anyone else used these?
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have you though about the 968 cooling scoops ted? I heard those work well


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