inverterman

I finally got around to putting the car on the lift and found that the rear bumper vents are purely atheistic and non functional. Wouldn't make sense to open it up the inner fender liner with a Dremel?

pete95zhn

Are you sure that there's no opening towards the side muffler? IMO .1RS has the same thing, wheel's no visible from behind, but vent's still operational.

Waxer

FourT6and2

Hahahahahaahahah

Yes. Please take a Dremel to your car to make the vents "functional."

inverterman

You're right. Sawzall would be quicker and much more appropriate.

inverterman

Thanks for keeping it light. On a more serious, non trolling note, it looks to me like the opening in itself isn't doing much for aero and reliving wheel well pressure. The inner wheel well is sealed with plastic and heat shield and the opening itself doesn't appear to have an opening. Perhaps it's there in a smaller form but its absolutely not continuous. This is a street car and I'm ok with aesthetics and will contact PAG to get a better understanding of this detail.

STG

It's called COSMETICS

inverterman

A substance or product used to enhance or alter adding absolutely no function.

FourT6and2

If you want 100% function, you should be driving an engine bolted to a tubular frame with some raw carbon fiber body panels held together with exposed bolts and zip ties. No leather/Alcantara. Just a bucket seat bolted to the frame. No paint. No cool headlights. No beautiful body lines or design. Basically a big go-cart.

inverterman

Funny. Thanks. I am not looking to add to my collection of race cars or l hacking this street car up. The point of my post has everything to do with Aero and functional designs that contibute to terminal velocity. Take a look at this published data of top speeds of modern GT cars.Based upon competition motorsport personal experiences a car of lesser horsepower can reach a similar or better straight line speed by simply reducing drag (Aero). I don't think anyone on this list who races or has raced competitively can tell that opening the vent and relieving wheel pressure will NOT reduce drag. Look at the GT3 RSR it is open behind the rear wheels, a design that we have incorporated in my enduro cars. It's not all about horsepower with respect to top speed.

Automobiles have multiple sources of power dissipation - rolling friction and air drag are the two most important ones. The power these take is a function of velocity - so more power (but a smaller fraction) goes into rolling friction as the car goes faster.

Can some one tell me if the GT2RS rear vent is open and functional?

Airbag997

It's functional, not cosmetic. They refill it with helium after each service to make the car lighter. Only problem is it leaks out quickly.

C.J. Ichiban

You guys realize big fakies are just for looks too right?

Just for looks is ok if looks good enough

C5driver

WTF