Racing body mods, opinions? Options

[Jetsetsurfshop]

Hey Guys,
Does anyone have an opinion on adding louvers or opening the front fender like this MR2? How about removing the rear bumper? I bet the chump rules wouldn't mine, I wonder about race organizations?
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[ThePaintedMan]

Shane, the way I personally look at things is to stand on the shoulders of giants. I look at the problems Im having, then try to imitate/emulate the solutions that others have done. With a 40 year old car, we have some really good examples to work from, especially cars that are way faster than ours - the factory GTs, Racer Chris, the Sheridan car, etc. If they didnt cut holes in stuff needlessly, I'm not going to. It's sort of like when someone says they're going to remove their engine tin - I always assume the factory engineers, even 40 years ago knew more about what they were doing than I do theoretically.

In the case of that MR2, he's a good guy, but focuses way too much on doo dads and gadgets rather than getting the car to actually run 14 hours. I'm not sure ive ever seen him finish at Sebring. I wouldn't start cutting holes in the front fenders unless I had a severe brake overheating problem, but had already exhausted all the other solutions, personally.

Plus, after driving your car, I think it handles fan-freakin-tastic! If anything, if the car did another 10-20 mph, I'd consider adding a spoiler to the rear, to improve the aero balance. From what I understand, the 914 has more issues with the ass end walking around at high speeds than getting air out of the front wheel wells.