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Old Jun 15, 2010 | 08:40 PM
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Love it. It's functional,
Old Jun 15, 2010 | 08:54 PM
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Originally Posted by STi_FTMFW
Probably a dumb question but what are the 2 small canisters in the trunk?
Those are the remote reservoirs for the rear dampers, where the nitrogen chambers are housed. They're Penske dampers looking at the logos on them. The reservoirs are really far away from the dampers though, which I can't figure out. Usually that's not something you want to do, because fluid drag in the lines is greater. I don't know why you'd add a couple of extra feet of unnecessary line between the damper body and the reservoir, and Penske dampers don't usually come with lines that long, so I don't know what's going on there.
Old Jun 15, 2010 | 08:58 PM
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The door bars don't make any sense at all...for a track car they should be a lot beefier and not have any pointless bends in them.
Old Jun 15, 2010 | 09:17 PM
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If it's a time attack or trackday car, it doesn't need the same type of impact protection that a wheel-to-wheel series would need. It looks like the bend is to clear the seat, then clear the pillar, but it's hard to tell from the picture. The bend doesn't look too necessary though, no. The bars are fairly short, so they don't need to be very large.

Sick car, looks really nice. I wonder if it's getting a wing, there doesn't seem to be any way to adjust the aero balance except through the front splitter (and the ride height). The rear diffuser isn't long enough to do much for downforce in the rear, especially without a flat underfloor, and the rear trucklid is too short to make much downforce with the rear lip spoiler, so there has to be a wing in the works....

I really like the flares in the front, but I don't like the rear flares that much. The rear flares don't look like they belong there, just because of the shape.

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Old Jun 15, 2010 | 10:06 PM
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Originally Posted by bonestock94
Love it. It's functional,
^this.
Old Jun 16, 2010 | 04:47 AM
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it's not widebody or anything, but i prefer this car.
Old Jun 16, 2010 | 06:42 AM
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That lip spoiler in relation to the deck lid and roof drop off does look as if it would create a decent amount of turbulence for what it there.. Waits on the wing design
Old Jun 16, 2010 | 07:04 PM
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Originally Posted by yanko 15
very nice

how does the integra fit into that equation? lol
The guy who posted the thread on the other forum, Jordan, thats his ITR.
Old Jun 16, 2010 | 08:02 PM
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*****s in this thread don't know dope if it was their baby mama.
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