[Brettd85]

Just curious if there is really a purpose to using them. I never really drive in the rain, so do I need them? Do they add any strength? Does it look bad without them? Just figured I should free up a little bit of weight, and sell them to someone who needs them.

 

[Chris R]

if you drive on the street, leave them on. specially if you have a detailed engine compartment. You will still get plenty of dirt inside the engine compartment without them. If its a race car only, then I can see taking them off.

 

[Brettd85]

True, lots of debris would be flying up into the compartment.

 

[rubadub]

You might want to put a new air filter on, if you drove it with out the fenderwells.

Rob

 

[Junkyard Dawg]

Aside from having dirt enter, it can throw rocks and whatnot up in the engine compartment. I don't think it makes that much difference in weight to justify removing them.

 

[chevl71]

I never installed them in my car. I got used to climbing in the compartment to work on the engine, sure beats leaning over the fender. I rarely drive it on the street. When I take it out to a cruise and have the hood open, the most comments I get are "when are you going to finish it?" They just don't get it.:sad: I may make some aluminum ones some day.

 

[Jblack]

I trimmed mine back so they are just under the fender. My biggest concern was throwing a rock up and dinging the top of the fender.

 

[animal69]

If you're racing, put them on. Horsepower TV had a segment where they took their Nova to Roy Hill's Drag Racing School. They had no inner fenders and were told that they were losing a lot of speed without them. A lot of drag without them.

 

[turbopowered68]

put plastic ones on

 

[dreis454]

Actually the wheel wells help the cooling system.... I took them out of my old Nova & found the car to run hotter afterwards since the air takes the easiest path to the engine compartment, it would bypass the rad & go in through the wheel openings. Get plastics ones to save weight.

 

[68KMENO]

I don't know about everyone else.... but I've got a lot of stuff thats mounted to the fender wells .... electric harness , hoses, AC drier , window washer bottle .......

 

[Bowtie-72]

I don't remember mine weighing that much. I do think it does make the compartment look finished, but to each thier own, I can understand the ease of working without them too.

 

[bochnak]

If you're racing, put them on. Horsepower TV had a segment where they took their Nova to Roy Hill's Drag Racing School. They had no inner fenders and were told that they were losing a lot of speed without them. A lot of drag without them.

And the turbulence was actually pulling fuel out of the carb, making it pop. They put in a carb pan and fender wells.

Matt

 

[rocks66ss]

I think that without them the engine compartment just plain looks crappy! I seen several cars this summer, highly customized and a couple not so much without fender wells, and in my opinion it just looks bad.


Rocky

 

[Cecil]

rocks and whatnot

That whatnot is a b!tch to clean, too!

 

[Matchgrade]

Unless you are running big block headers that go over the frame, I see no reason not to keep them on.

 

[68bye]

I never had a problem with running hot or keeping anything clean.

 

[VinceS427bb]

i had my wheel wells out for years, then i blew a drivers side front tire at high speed and it tore the crap out of everthing in it's path. had to fix the wiring harness,headlight,bumper,and replace the fender and horn. now the car has fenderwells again.

 

[bri2203]

I can't believe no one has encouraged his idea for keeping them for additonal strength.

In a sense the metal inner fenders box the fender to make the fender much stronger. If you could design some kind of crash situation the fender with a metal inner fenders would have less damage.

The inner fenders also makes the front end much stronger because the inner fenders are secured to the firewall and core support.

 

[70isfine]

Thats true.The inner fenders where the hinges bolt will roll when you open and close the hood without the support of the wheelhouses.