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Originally Posted by Fireindc
(Post 1554342)
How's that BMW transmission feel?
I know I've been neglecting this thread so I figured I'd post an update. Had the car classed for NASA TT2/3 last week just need to apply for my TT license now to move up from HPDE4. I have had some spare time these pass couple months and finally cut into the 4x8 sheet of 0.100" HPDE I bought forever ago and made an airdam from scratch. I guess I'll have to do a muti post update because trying to upload 43 pictures at once didn't work.. hah |
Awesome work (as always), I can only aspire to this level of craftsmanship and damn well try to.
A couple of things you might want to consider: 1. Use a couple of aluminium figure-8 hose separators on the stainless steel oil hose lines to ensure they don't contact each other or the aluminium panels (I did note the rubber edged cutout in the top left corner; the brackets may help prevent the hoses from touching the aluminium ducting plates too, aluminium on aluminium produces less wear than braided stainless steel on aluminium) 2. When I cutout the front OEM brace from my MSM I noted that the top shelf where you mount your oil cooler too became very flimsy. Reinforcing the top shelf, by adding a brace underneath its length, would give it a firmer mounting. This may in fact be a non-issue but a full oil cooler does have some weight in it. |
Originally Posted by Lokiel
(Post 1571391)
A couple of things you might want to consider:
1. Use a couple of aluminium figure-8 hose separators on the stainless steel oil hose lines to ensure they don't contact each other or the aluminium panels 2. When I cutout the front OEM brace from my MSM I noted that the top shelf where you mount your oil cooler too became very flimsy. I didn't notice the top radiator support get flimsy after cutting but i do have an aluminum angle bar frame that goes around the radiator that is attached on the underside of the core support (similar to the box frame at the airdam side of the ducting) so that might be helping my situation. EDIT: you can see the the zip tie figure 8 setup a few posts up in the engine bay shots. It is the same way I hold my catch can lines right above the intake manifold (cheap but it works) not something I say often on this car... 😆 |
You could also consider moving to nylon braided hoses or even rubber hoses to the oil cooler.
These day's I avoid braided stainless steel hoses unless there's absolutely no chance of them touching anything - paranoid but safe. My oil cooler is mounted behind the coldside foglight and the hoses to it are nylon braided (they're a LOT more flexible too than braided stainless steel hoses which really helps routing them). I added a split loom sheath to one of the hoses that contacts the chassis in several places so the hose is well protected. The hoses from my oil filter to the engine block are stainless steel since they have plenty of room. Looking forward to your next mod. |
F%#ing awesome duct work, really inspiring. Saved for future reference ;)
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Amazing work, car looks great. Are there any tricks on getting the vinyl wrap to stick to the air dam material? For some reason, I was thinking that paint/wrap wouldn't stick to that stuff very well. I could be wrong though.
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Originally Posted by blackzx3_13
(Post 1571413)
Amazing work, car looks great. Are there any tricks on getting the vinyl wrap to stick to the air dam material? For some reason, I was thinking that paint/wrap wouldn't stick to that stuff very well. I could be wrong though.
EDIT: not sure if you can tell but the upper portion of the bumper is wrapped as well which really worked out for deleting the front emblem. |
Thanks, that's good to know. I'm not a fan of the black air dam look either, regardless of how functional it is. Having the option of color matching makes it a bit more palatable.
Just want to say it one more time, great work on the ducting and such. I will likely be doing some radiator ducting to my car soon, if it looks half this good I'll be happy. |
Originally Posted by blackzx3_13
(Post 1571445)
Thanks, that's good to know. I'm not a fan of the black air dam look either, regardless of how functional it is. Having the option of color matching makes it a bit more palatable.
Just want to say it one more time, great work on the ducting and such. I will likely be doing some radiator ducting to my car soon, if it looks half this good I'll be happy. |
Awesome thread. Would love to see this car in person again after all the work you have done.
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Originally Posted by miata2fast
(Post 1571489)
Awesome thread. Would love to see this car in person again after all the work you have done.
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Looking fantastic.
Want to take a closer look next time your at Sebring. |
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