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Old 2004-08-25, 12:44 PM   #26
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Z3 style fenders = rice
Nothing on an actual racecar is rice, since it's all there for functional reasons. Rice is defined by form without function.
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Old 2004-08-25, 01:07 PM   #27
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Old 2004-08-25, 01:42 PM   #28
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Z3 style fenders = rice
Nothing on an actual racecar is rice, since it's all there for functional reasons. Rice is defined by form without function.
I'm an aerospace engineer I think I can figure out what the vents are for.
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Old 2004-08-25, 01:52 PM   #29
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Real cars have the IC up on top where it can heat-soak real bad and needs a big aero-ruining hoodscoop to feed it.
Real cars have front hood aero like this...



Heh heh heh...
Z3 style fenders = rice
How about the out board exhaust that is facing up wind? is this to add back pressure? or is that where the intake is?
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Old 2004-08-25, 02:37 PM   #30
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How about the out board exhaust that is facing up wind? is this to add back pressure? or is that where the intake is?[/quote]

I'd guess the top intake is for the motor, and the bottom one's for the rear brakes.
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Old 2004-08-25, 02:44 PM   #31
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that was my first thought but didnt make the funny
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Old 2004-08-25, 02:44 PM   #32
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Real cars have the IC up on top where it can heat-soak real bad and needs a big aero-ruining hoodscoop to feed it.
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Heh heh heh...
Z3 style fenders = rice
How about the out board exhaust that is facing up wind? is this to add back pressure? or is that where the intake is?
It's just chrome, for the womenz.
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Old 2004-08-25, 02:52 PM   #33
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Unpainted body panels are rice too.
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Old 2004-08-25, 04:25 PM   #34
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haha yeah, we've seen your green eclipse.. that was one hell of a FMIC you had on there. It was great.
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Old 2004-08-25, 08:27 PM   #35
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Love the color!
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Old 2004-08-25, 08:29 PM   #36
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look what me and Art could make if we combined forces!

we trade lights, I get his grill and formels(paint them)

no lip, FMIC is optional.

STi grill and projectors=hawt
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Hehe....Nice!
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Old 2004-08-25, 08:54 PM   #38
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Those are Volks not Formels.
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dude I just want the looks not the bills.
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:shock: drool... you gotta do that..
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Lol, thanks.
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Old 2004-08-26, 08:46 AM   #42
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