my new toy

[CraigW]

see profile!

In short its an '88 supersport, I have had the rear spoiler removed, usa spec red rear lights, clear front indicators & repeaters, just kind of cleaned it up, having engine rebuilt & ruf will be mapping the ecu.

love it!

Edited by craigw on Wednesday 4th April 10:38

Edited by craigw on Wednesday 4th April 14:28

[Geneve]

If you remove the rear spoiler, aren't you also supposed to remove the front one (checkout wide bodied Speedsters).

Otherwise, you will unsettle the high speed handling balance, with too much lift at the rear, which could accentuate oversteer.

[CraigW]

yup but not likely to drive this one quickly tbh, the rs6 does the speed thing for me, this feels fast at 80mph and pretty chuckable too. a few people I spoke to also said it doesnt make much difference.

Edited by CraigW on Saturday 31st March 23:37

[johnny senna]

Nice car, really like that. Can you post more pics?

[Koln-RS]

CraigW said:

yup but not likely to drive this one quickly tbh, the rs6 does the speed thing for me, this feels fast at 80mph and pretty chuckable too. a few people I spoke to also said it doesnt make much difference.

Edited by CraigW on Saturday 31st March 23:37

In the 1980s a lot of people fitted big rear spoilers to 911s and didn't bother with the front. Apparently, creating terrible under-steer and a tendancy to aquaplain

[craigw]

I can confirm there are (ahem) no problems with high speed stability

jonny senna, would love to but havent got them on anyones webspace so no idea how

[craigw]

can anyone host 2 photos if I email them ?

[greatgranny]

craigw said:

can anyone host 2 photos if I email them ?

Yep, email me through profile

Edited by greatgranny on Wednesday 4th April 09:34

[craigw]

thanks matey!

[cableguy]

Great looking car but be careful you don't get pulled with those plates.

C.

[craigw]

ha I know, I'm waiting for it.

[c2look]

That looks lovely.

[hoges11]

lovely, how difficult is it to remove the spoiler ? Would love to see my Turbo II without it.

[cableguy]

hoges11 said:

lovely, how difficult is it to remove the spoiler ? Would love to see my Turbo II without it.

Doesn't the TurboII require the spoiler due to the Intercooler's location.

C.

[adamt]

Fantastic Craig!

Are you driving the car down to Ruf for the remap? If so drop me a line!

adam

[craigw]

rear spoiler removal actually involves full bootlid & grill replacement & spraying. On a turbo 2 I dont think as said above it would be possible because of the intercooler.

Adam, I think will probably just send it off, I spoke to them & they said they could turn it around within a week. I dont want to make it ballistic or to have more power than it can cope with but with the turbo brakes & suspension it would be nice to have a little more go!

reall pleased with the way it's turned out actually. I'd wanted to do this for a while.

[adamt]

Ah I see,

It looks fantastic, and will be perfect for the coming summer evenings

very best,
adam

[bund]

Craig lovely car, what host are you using for the photos?

[craigw]

great granny as posted above very kindly helped me out with his photobucket account

[hoges11]

cableguy said:

hoges11 said:

lovely, how difficult is it to remove the spoiler ? Would love to see my Turbo II without it.

Doesn't the TurboII require the spoiler due to the Intercooler's location.

C.

Ah yes, just got a bit excited about the smooth rear end, happens a lot at my age !