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Message: Here's a pic of a 2.7L manual 981 with a grid in front of the radiator

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Changed By: MikenOH
Change Date: October 20, 2015 09:28AM

Here's a pic of a 2.7L manual 981 with a grid in front of the radiator

http://static.cargurus.com/images/forsale/2015/09/29/23/16/2015_porsche_boxster-pic-841639683666832110-1024x768.jpeg

Not the best, view, but on the driver side radiator opening you can see a dark grid in front of the silver radiator; o on the PDK/3.4L models there is no grid.
This grid covers about half of the opening, protecting the radiator from direct hits, but open on the inner side for air to move through freely.
My thought here is that if Porsche thought it was uneeded, they wouldn't have included it and likewise, Porsche felt that fully open openings were needed on the PDK and 3.4L models.

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Author: MikenOH
Date: October 20, 2015 09:20AM

Here's a pic of a 2.7L manual 981 with a grid in front of the radiator

http://static.cargurus.com/images/forsale/2015/09/29/23/16/2015_porsche_boxster-pic-841639683666832110-1024x768.jpeg

Not the best, but on the driver side radiator opening you can see a dark grid in front of the silver radiator; o the PDK/3.4L models there is no grid.
This grid covers about half of the opening, protecting the radiator from direct hits, but open on the inner side for air to move through freely.
My thought here is that if Porsche thought it was uneeded, they wouldn't have included it and likewise, Porsche felt that fully open openings were needed on the PDK and 3.4L models.