all that about spring rate and sway bar is about mechanical grips.
aero grips is what I was referring to. looking at your picture, it seem you have a pretty good front aero setup. splitter don't have to be big, splitter length is a diminishing return anyway. many would argue rear bump cut out is not a huge thing. I still think your aero grip isn't balanced. just my opinion. front tire spat also help quite a bit for the front end. I will see you at Chuckawalla. it is mostly med speed corners, we will see... |
I went to Thunder Hill with just a front splitter and had lots of trouble keeping the rear end hooked up, especially on the high speed corners. i wouldn't dare do cal speedway like that.
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Originally Posted by spoolin2bars
(Post 731596)
easy buddy, not trying to take away a sale from ya'
not sure what the except part means, i was just stating my experience. trust me, when my turbo eventually goes out, i'll be ordering a set from you. even though i only need 1! lol... hopefully he'll evetually have stud failure too! Stretching turbo hardware sucks, but at the same time it's definitely a badge of honor. :giggle: |
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Originally Posted by bellwilliam
(Post 732428)
all that about spring rate and sway bar is about mechanical grips.
aero grips is what I was referring to. looking at your picture, it seem you have a pretty good front aero setup. splitter don't have to be big, splitter length is a diminishing return anyway. many would argue rear bump cut out is not a huge thing. I still think your aero grip isn't balanced. just my opinion. front tire spat also help quite a bit for the front end. I will see you at Chuckawalla. it is mostly med speed corners, we will see... Whether the car could be competetive for the class, will remain to be unseen until my own driving skills have developed enough, but I'm in no hurry - I'm having a great time and learning a lot, some day I'll get there. Just finished up my aero work over the last couple days, most notably added the tire spats, looking forward to seeing how it all works at Chuckwalla!: Attachment 188586 |
Do you have any pictures of inside the engine bay behind the driver side headlight? I'm guessing theres an air box there and the hole in the hood is to let the air escape?
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Originally Posted by ThePass
(Post 732460)
Granted, mechanical grip and aero grip are different and do behave differently, but I dunno, it seems to be working for me so far... naturally it's not the optimal setup - but for the optimal setup the car would be in Unlimited..
Whether the car could be competetive for the class, will remain to be unseen until my own driving skills have developed enough, but I'm in no hurry - I'm having a great time and learning a lot, some day I'll get there. Just finished up my aero work over the last couple days, most notably added the tire spats, looking forward to seeing how it all works at Chuckwalla!: http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w...f/DSC_1278.jpg |
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Sexiest hood EVER |
I love the tire spats. that will help eliminate a ton of front end lift.
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The whole car looks badass.
Inspired my car a bit. How thicks the splitter? 8mm ply? Dann |
Thanks for the kind words guys
Originally Posted by wittyworks
(Post 732489)
Do you have any pictures of inside the engine bay behind the driver side headlight? I'm guessing theres an air box there and the hole in the hood is to let the air escape?
The idea I had is that of course you want cool air for the intake - so boxing the filter off from the rest of the engine bay makes sense. Creating an external source to supply that box with cool air is even better, but that's where many people's setups stop. If you're WOT, all the air entering that box is being used by the motor, but what about partial and off-throttle time? It just makes sense to me that it's going to be much more aerodynamically slick for unused air to have an escape from that box, instead of creating tons of turbulence inside the box, and I think that facilitating airflow through that box will also help keep the box cool even with a heatsoaked engine bay.
Originally Posted by chicksdigmiatas
(Post 732497)
Paul walker called, he wants his supra hood back.. That looks freaking badass. What did you do, follow the hood underframe and cut those? Or did you use a template?
No template, just some time and a dremel, following the shapes in the underside of the hood, which just happen to be positioned perfectly behind the readiator and forward of the valve cover.
Originally Posted by nitrodann
(Post 732563)
The whole car looks badass.
Inspired my car a bit. How thicks the splitter? 8mm ply? Dann |
Awesome, not sure where to get alumalite here. Not in that sort of thickness anyway, but Im sure sandwich plate fibreglass will do me.
Dann |
For me, finding it just took some time making calls. It can be found in 4x8 sheets at distributors of sign and awning materials. I found a place an hour north of me that sold them in 4x8 for $190, and they would deliver for $5. So I've still got half a sheet of the stuff for future projects.
Like here: http://www.sfsupplies.com/default.sfs?productid=6540 |
With experience from just Micky Mouse tracks (Not much time in 5th, even with 4.875, so value my remarks accordingly) isn't it just the classical thing that different balance curves intersect at different speeds?
With no aero you get loose at some speed (lets say 80mph sweeper) and tight at hairpins. Classically (on any sports car) you slap a wing on the back and you can balance that out (and potentially even things out over a larger speed span). If you for whatever reason need to make all the tools that you have at your hands work against each other to get balance (make the springs fight the bars, or the shocks against the aero etc) you will get bigger differences in balance when you get out of your comfort zone (where you have set your balance). If you feel that you have a high speed balance at 60-80-100 mph, that might be a very different picture when you get to 110-120-130. Loose is when you hit the wall with the rear end, tight when you hit it with the front... How smooth are the ovals? I.e. are there spring/shock doodling that could help high speed stability without loosing the low speed control (probably not, an there's a tricky thing in getting an efficient setup, one that probably will feel unsafe). |
Originally Posted by NiklasFalk
(Post 732592)
With no aero you get loose at some speed (lets say 80mph sweeper) and tight at hairpins. Classically (on any sports car) you slap a wing on the back and you can balance that out (and potentially even things out over a larger speed span).
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