Hi everyone,
Part One: as I am gazing in awe at a picture of the mighty GT2, one thing that particularly catches my eye are the gorgeous grilles over the front air intakes. I have a 997 Gen 2 Turbo that is not a million miles away from the set-up of a GT2. The difference is only bunch more German stallions and - I think consequently (and I may be wrong here) - a need for a bunch more air to push through those grilles.
Part Two: I am aware of the number of leaves, grit, and other road muck that gets sucked into the grilles on my Turbo....I have fashioned a coat hanger to reach right back and (carefully) clean these out. Moreover, on the forum I have read about the rapid deterioration of the radiators tucked up the back because of this muck getting in, trapping moisture, and leaching humic acid.
With these two parts, I have approached OPC a couple of times and asked why I cannot have grilles fitted. The answer, of course, is that it would void the warranty, and coupled with this I have had a couple of very lame attempts to explain how it would restrict airflow etc.
Can someone please explain the logic of this to me? I know a lot of people have fitted grilles (and may even detach them when taking the car in for a warrantied service) but surely there has to be something more to this? I simply struggle to reconcile how a monster like the GT2 which must gulp far more air through pretty much the same aperture can do so through mesh while my humble Turbo would suffer tremendously?
Keenan
Part One: as I am gazing in awe at a picture of the mighty GT2, one thing that particularly catches my eye are the gorgeous grilles over the front air intakes. I have a 997 Gen 2 Turbo that is not a million miles away from the set-up of a GT2. The difference is only bunch more German stallions and - I think consequently (and I may be wrong here) - a need for a bunch more air to push through those grilles.
Part Two: I am aware of the number of leaves, grit, and other road muck that gets sucked into the grilles on my Turbo....I have fashioned a coat hanger to reach right back and (carefully) clean these out. Moreover, on the forum I have read about the rapid deterioration of the radiators tucked up the back because of this muck getting in, trapping moisture, and leaching humic acid.
With these two parts, I have approached OPC a couple of times and asked why I cannot have grilles fitted. The answer, of course, is that it would void the warranty, and coupled with this I have had a couple of very lame attempts to explain how it would restrict airflow etc.
Can someone please explain the logic of this to me? I know a lot of people have fitted grilles (and may even detach them when taking the car in for a warrantied service) but surely there has to be something more to this? I simply struggle to reconcile how a monster like the GT2 which must gulp far more air through pretty much the same aperture can do so through mesh while my humble Turbo would suffer tremendously?
Keenan