i went to the Formula D at Long Beach 2010. i was ALOT of drifting cars out there with wheel housing cut, between the wheel and the engine bay.
It was kinda cool to look at the whole tires from the engine bay lol
So my question is, is it ok to cut it even though the car is not for 100% drifting?
IMO, keeping the engine bay cool is good, no?

I'm thinking of cutting the wheel housing but not as much as the drifters. Install some kinda notch (LOOKS like the ones for carbon hoods.) so that i can close up the housing when DD. And open take it off when drifting. What do you guys think?

 

What do you mean by cutting the wheel housing?

 

You know like ppl cut the part of the wheel housing when they get CAI?

Pretty much a big hole for the air from the wheel spinning to cool down the engine(?).

 

You meant he fender liner? A CAI filter would be nowhere near the fender liner.

 

This is where i meant. http://s785.photobucket.com/albums/y...wer3qwrefs.jpg

 

 

^

 

I see you have set aside this special time to humiliate yourself.

 

whoisthis guy humiliating himself

 

This is comical lol, I needed this to start my day out great.

 

In all seriousness, don't do it if your car is a daily driver. I have seen mustangs get their electronics extremely messed up from water damage because of running without a fender liner. They didn't remove them on purpose either. Don't remove yours.

 

I thought whoever get CAI suppose to cut the liner so that CAI can breath in air from the wheel spinning. no?

 

no, you'd be better off not cutting anything and putting the cai filter right behind your grille in the front

 

do you even own a z ?

 

do you even own a car

 

^ you just quoted yourself? seriously? ^

 

have a 06 G coupe and will be owning a Z in June

 

Do it.

 

...and post pics

 

they cut the fender wells so that it can be easily repaired and won't inadventently cause frame damage when the rest of the sheetmetal is attached.

lets take Dai's s13 for example.. well since i just so happen to be admiring the engineering work that went into it:

front





rear




remember. these cars are not street cars. they are only on the track for minutes at a time, they rarely require full aero, and parts must be interchangeable when mistakes happen.

they reinforced the parts of the fenderwells that were cut out.. so if the rear is crushed in, they just replace the bar (which is merely there to hold/clip the bumper/body work to) same thing for the front of the car.. just for the sake of saving the engine/frame, since body parts are somewhat expendible vs the frame and engine of the car..

i would see no benefit doing this to your street car unless you're trying to lighten up weight.. probably would adversely affect structural integrity if you don't reinforce it..