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Any update on the single piece CF GT3 hood? Also, any reason why you decided to go OEM and not integrate the grills into the hood vs the trunk carrier? I am asking as I found it adds a lot to the project as there are no aftermarket GT3 trunk carriers that have the grills integrated. Some sellers on ebay now sell the hood with a trunk carrier included but even here they keep the grill in the hood. If anyone wants to use your hood they are likely limited to source the GT3 OEM trunk carrier and grills (I assume all mounting is the same as on C2/C4 models)...and that may double the cost of your aftermarket hood install.
Any update on the single piece CF GT3 hood? Also, any reason why you decided to go OEM and not integrate the grills into the hood vs the trunk carrier? I am asking as I found it adds a lot to the project as there are no aftermarket GT3 trunk carriers that have the grills integrated. Some sellers on ebay now sell the hood with a trunk carrier included but even here they keep the grill in the hood. If anyone wants to use your hood they are likely limited to source the GT3 OEM trunk carrier and grills (I assume all mounting is the same as on C2/C4 models)...and that may double the cost of your aftermarket hood install.
Simply because that's how it should be. You're gonna have vents on a hood that lead nowhere. If it rains you have a high chance of getting water puddling up and going into the front trunk possibly.
If you want to make your car look like a gt3, at least make the damn thing functional
Simply because that's how it should be. You're gonna have vents on a hood that lead nowhere. If it rains you have a high chance of getting water puddling up and going into the front trunk possibly.If you want to make your car look like a gt3, at least make the damn thing functional
I dont say don't add the cutouts to the trunk carrier, I did (see a few posts up in this thread). To your comment about flooding - with or without it will not flood the trunk as even the OEM Carrera trunk carrier has drainage holes. Also, just because you have a cutout does not make its functional - there are just some AC lines underneath on Carreras.
I developed this way in order to have aesthetics while maintaining the functionality of the air duct cooling, the customer needs to order the OEM tank radiator, air deflector and trunk lid, the most expensive radiator, I found the OEM, except for the lack of signage, everything else is the same, the overall calculation, the customer has to order the parts to add an additional $1000
If it's an iron mesh right on the hood, that kind is actually screened out by car owners because the manufacturers themselves are actually designed to fool the consumer and are not expected to make a good product
I'll be updating collectively next week with the GT3's hood details
[img alt="Heres the OEM parts that need to be prepared along with a trunk flap
What Ive learned, and most owners still like it, is that its a nice radiator looking down from the hood hole, not a bunch of heat pipes"]https://cimg4.ibsrv.net/gimg/rennlist.com-vbulletin/2000x1504/img_7398_aa6e13ed7f950b4ea742b955a98296fb394d0eaa.jpeg[/img] Here's the OEM parts that need to be prepared along with a trunk flap What I've learned, and most owners still like it, is that it's a nice radiator looking down from the hood hole, not a bunch of heat pipes
I looked into this and
a) to add the center radiator on cars that don't have it is a little more involved than it sounds but can you send me the link to the no name OEM radiator (and parts list you found, we would also need to change the front bumper center part?!) needed to add that to a car that does not have it.
b) while the ideal situation is for sure to have an actual radiator sitting there its not serving a lot of purpose for otherwise stock or mildly tuned cars aka the lack of that radiator does not cause any problems or limitiations to start with. So, I expect for 90%+ of people who install the hood is not because they want add that radiator but who want to have the look of it. (I am sure some folks will now chime and come with that purist talk...)
9GT121253—I found the OEM factory for this part, but there's no link to any for sale
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I think adding a radiator is good in the long run to reduce the burden on the cooling system
Have you done it before? Do the OEM parts connect to the standard Carrera cooling lines or would you need to modify those to make it fit? On your last point that it reduces the burden - more cooling is never bad but to my best knowledge unless you make other major engine mods the stock system has plenty of margin for the 3.0l engine...or do you have info that this is not correct?
I've had an owner close to me install it, and all the accessories fit perfectly, but he installed a Techart hood, which would be very aesthetically pleasing due to the radiator with air deflector, which would cover all the front trunk cooling ducts.
Regarding the radiator, why is a center radiator standard on GTS models and Carreras in Africa? It definitely has an effect, but exactly how much I haven't looked into it, but what is Porsche's reasoning for doing this? It's obviously optimization I think it's very necessary for me to install it, the summer temperature in China has come to 47 degrees Celsius, much hotter than in Africa, the vehicle cooling logic is to heat up quickly before running the cooling system, it's a homeostatic environment similar to the human body temperature, I'm just reverting to the neutered mid-cooler
Interesting about the Africa thing - does the GTS there comes with an open center bumper (and w/o the option of the camera in the middle of it)? Does the air in this case go through the center radiator and then to wheel well ...or where as it can't go up through the hood here. 47C is hot for sure, we have it 40+ in FL but no issues I heard off yet. In any case, you mentioend you found the OEM radiator somewherew but w/o signature..where was that? And did you get all other parts from porsche directly?
I've had an owner close to me install it, and all the accessories fit perfectly, but he installed a Techart hood, which would be very aesthetically pleasing due to the radiator with air deflector, which would cover all the front trunk cooling ducts.
Regarding the radiator, why is a center radiator standard on GTS models and Carreras in Africa? It definitely has an effect, but exactly how much I haven't looked into it, but what is Porsche's reasoning for doing this? It's obviously optimization I think it's very necessary for me to install it, the summer temperature in China has come to 47 degrees Celsius, much hotter than in Africa, the vehicle cooling logic is to heat up quickly before running the cooling system, it's a homeostatic environment similar to the human body temperature, I'm just reverting to the neutered mid-cooler
Do you know if the same exist for standard bumper? When I consirdered adding the 3rd radiator on my std. bumper I thought I just cut it out and add a screen there instead.
Maybe there's something wrong with my translation.
Africa is the Carrera also has a center cooler like the GTS.
I just went to the factory that OEM's Porsche radiators.
My purchasing cost is about 300 dollars, much lower than Porsche's 900 dollars.
About how to find the factory, industry generally has a dense effect, a certain area will be a lot of factories are an industry, I also accidentally found this OEM factory for Porsche, so they do not know that this product is for the use of Porsche cars!
Other parts, except for my reproduction of the cover hole, all are sourced from Porsche original, the price is not expensive usually less than 300 U.S. dollars!
I've tried to minimize the cost of the expensive parts.
I would be all in if I could source all parts for $300! Than it would be a no-brainer regardless if its needed or not.
Indeed you are right, your solution works, but it requires an ultrasonic cutter to remove the plastic to make it perfect
Its just plastic and you can put some U-shape gasket over the cut edges. Also, there is a center mesh grill I can buy for the standard bumper that I always though was just to fake it...and I planned on using it in my case if I go that route.
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