xsboost90

just got my Feb 08 copy of excellence and there is a pretty nice red turbo in there- usual mods. There it is - front and center- another damned vented nosepanel using the 924 turbo vents!!! I know not a big deal but the last big 944 article they had also featured a turbo w/ the same vents! I almost never see this done-unless i walk out to the garage- and theres two in the same magazine!!! I think its a conspiracy.... (joking people its a joke get it- haha... )

DDP

Why? Do you think you were the very first person to do it or something? I'm confused.

xsboost90

no- obviously not- i just dont see it that much and now two in the same mag! GEEZ. Really i just wanted to say check out excellence theres a 944 in there doesnt happen every day- sometimes - more recently- pretty cool stuff they did- check out the center of the bumper!

Guns951

COOL! I'll have to see if they have it at the PX! Can't wait for it in the mail...

gt37vgt

Ok were does I gets me them head lights ????

ittia

+1 (If you were referring to these)


Those are sweet. Even better than http://www.kfz-vonoldenburg.de/produkte.html#3

Anyone, anyone??????

333pg333

+ infinity...bring them to me now!
What's the story of that car? I never see Excellence in the shops here. Tell us what they say of both cars, but especially the Red one. Very cool.
Notice big front mount too.

333pg333

Potentially the good thing about the kfz-vons is that they are a small custom house that could possibly do some sort of copy or something similar. Never seen anything like the red ones though. Maybe a one off??

sweanders

I am still wondering why anyone would vent the panel. It does no good and looks wierd.

Guns951

Agreed...if anything it hurts air flow to the intercooler...

No offense XBoost. If you like it that's all that matters.

Luis de Prat

Thanks for the scan. Nice to see the 951 still makes it into Exc911ence magazine.

I think I'll pass on the lights, though. Too ricey IMHO.

Now these, OTOH...

333pg333

Well without opening up that old can 'o' worms again, I think the venting can work provided you have an exit point pretty early on in the hood. Not so much for the i/c, more for the condenser (if you still run a/c) and the radiator. If you have some direct ducting from the back of the rad, up and through the hood like that race 924 that we all saw some months ago. That is the picture in my mind anyway. Lots of racers have a vented nose panel with vented hood.

xsboost90

well - as far as the nose venting goes- i vented the panel and left my ic ducting in there and drove on the track a few times. I started getting so much heat soak that the car would boost cut off at less than 10psi. Pulled the IC ducting to let the air coming in the nosepanel do its job- havent had a cut off since and the IC lines are cooler going to the intake. There are alot of theorists around that say the vents dont work, and maybe they arent efficient enough to be the only source of air to the IC but they do help improve flow. I had one on my n/a as well and it dropped the temp under the hood significantly.

the condenser sits like four inches below the vents in the nose- not sure how the vents would work for the condensor at all- IC sits directly behind the vented nosepanel. I do like the cut out front bumper on the red car- at least they did a good job. Notice it says he has a euro bumper and still has marker lights?

Olli Snellman

87944turbo

Maybe you should take it as a sign that your car will be featured in the mag one day?

At the very least, you can take pride in the fact that you welded and painted yours up yourself.