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General Sport Trac Discussion
Making Gen II Fender Vents Functional
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<blockquote data-quote="Bill Koonce" data-source="post: 934884" data-attributes="member: 68938"><p>I grew up in the age when stickers, phony moldings and obscenely bright lights were used as a poor substitute for real power. Witness the "screaming chicken" of the neutered Pontiac Trans Am AND the Mustang II. (Forgot about that one, didn't you?)</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Please, don't mistake artificial decorations for the real thing. Chances are great that the automaker isn't trying to deny you some great benefit. It's far more likely that the automaker is using flashy but impotent decorations to boost sales. Don't fsck up a perfectly good automobile to "restore" a function that doesn't exist.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>My 2000 Mustang GT has faux rear brake vents that can be replaced with functional ones. The "real" ones <em>might</em> give you some advantage...since most braking forces are on the <em>front</em> brakes, common sense says that I might want to do that first...</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I can't find any aftermarket brake coolers for the front brakes of a stock GT. The "driving"/fog"/@$$h0le light openings just don't give enough flow to make much of a difference. If you're a serious racer, you'll probably be cutting up the factory stock body instead of buying costly aftermarket parts with no verified scientific testing to show that they make any difference. <em>Caveat emptor.</em></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bill Koonce, post: 934884, member: 68938"] I grew up in the age when stickers, phony moldings and obscenely bright lights were used as a poor substitute for real power. Witness the "screaming chicken" of the neutered Pontiac Trans Am AND the Mustang II. (Forgot about that one, didn't you?) Please, don't mistake artificial decorations for the real thing. Chances are great that the automaker isn't trying to deny you some great benefit. It's far more likely that the automaker is using flashy but impotent decorations to boost sales. Don't fsck up a perfectly good automobile to "restore" a function that doesn't exist. My 2000 Mustang GT has faux rear brake vents that can be replaced with functional ones. The "real" ones [i]might[/i] give you some advantage...since most braking forces are on the [i]front[/i] brakes, common sense says that I might want to do that first... I can't find any aftermarket brake coolers for the front brakes of a stock GT. The "driving"/fog"/@$$h0le light openings just don't give enough flow to make much of a difference. If you're a serious racer, you'll probably be cutting up the factory stock body instead of buying costly aftermarket parts with no verified scientific testing to show that they make any difference. [i]Caveat emptor.[/i] [/QUOTE]
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