[Shotimes] (OT) Advertisement

Carl Prochilo gr8sho@adelphia.net
Wed, 30 Mar 2005 17:40:13 -0500 (Eastern Standard Time)


What I referred to was a 91 or 92 Carrera.  The car also had a manual
override.  The fundamental difference between old and new is the
structure.  The older Carrera swings like it's on a hinge whereas the new
car has the entire spoiler rising up from the rear of the car, posts and
all.
-- 
Cheers,
Carl Prochilo
92 Ultra Red Crimson

On Wed, March 30, 2005 1:08 pm, Ron Porter said:
> Can't say I see the difference. FWIW, the old turbo whale tales never
> moved,
> which is part of the reason that they were so large.
>
> Ron Porter
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: shotimes-admin@autox.team.net [mailto:shotimes-admin@autox.team.net]
> On Behalf Of Carl Prochilo
> Sent: Wednesday, March 30, 2005 1:08 PM
> To: shotimes@autox.team.net
> Subject: RE: [Shotimes] (OT) Advertisement
>
> Yes, I understand and witnessed the speed sensitive spoiler, but the one
> on this new car actually pops the whole assembly up instead of swivelling
> the wing up on the older Carreras.
> --
> Cheers,
> Carl Prochilo
> 92 Ultra Red Crimson
>
> On Wed, March 30, 2005 12:43 pm, Ron Porter said:
>> 911s started using the speed-sensitive spoiler back in the mid-90s.
>> There
>> was also an override to keep it up or down. Also useful so cops can't
>> tell
>> your speed by the spoiler being up (it came up at 70 mph, IIRC)!!
>>
>> Ron Porter
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: shotimes-admin@autox.team.net
>> [mailto:shotimes-admin@autox.team.net]
>> On Behalf Of Carl Prochilo
>> Sent: Wednesday, March 30, 2005 12:43 PM
>> To: shotimes@autox.team.net
>> Subject: Re: [Shotimes] (OT) Advertisement
>>
>> Wow, a polite commercial.  Is that the first time a pop-up spoiler is
>> used
>> on a production car?  This is different to me than the old Carrera whale
>> tail that flips up.  Funny thing I was thinking about this sitting
>> behind
>> a car the other day in that it might be a good idea to hide a spoiler
>> when
>> driving around traffic.
>> --
>> Cheers,
>> Carl Prochilo
>> 92 Ultra Red Crimson
>>
>> On Wed, March 30, 2005 9:17 am, David Rosicke said:
>>> http://www.fabspeed.com/Carrera%20GT%20video.wmv
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Enjoy!  Found it on http://www.camaroz28.com.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Dave R
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