I was just wondering if the cooling ducts that run along the top of the wheel liner are functional if you dont have the R1 lip? I just dont see how air can get in there otherwise.

Thanks
~Luke

 

The ducts that run on top of the wheel liners are for the oil coolers, not the brakes. The touring has 1 oil cooler on the driver side so that duct is functional.

 

The ducts that run in the fender liners are for the oil coolers. On non-R1 cars, the drivers side is quite functional. The passenger side can easily be made functional if you install another oil cooler. Also see RonKMiller's "Hot-air-out" ghetto mod. Definately another effective use of these ducts.

 

hmm... apparently I'm not as fast with the typing as Tom is

 

any big down sides to removing them completly?