Added a gurney lip

vxr500

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I have an eBay special gt500 spoiler on my 2010 GT that I decided to add a gurney lip/flap to. It’s a factory flap, but the spoiler had no attachment points. So I ground down the dowels and used heavy duty 3M automotive tape to attach it. Not sure if it’ll hold under pressure-guess I’ll find out!

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As long as you used the automotive 3M it should be good. If it does come lose, when you reapply get some adhesive promoter to apply before the tape.

I like it!
 

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The OE is held on with 3M tape, and it held up to quite a few 1xxmph corner carving.old Mustang2.jpg
 

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If you want to up the game in Adhesives use a Bostik product called "Simson ISR 70-03" or "Bostik ISR 70-03"
It is a single pack that comes in a cartridge tube .............and Cheap.[$10-$15]

I've used this to glue Aluminium Diamond Plate deck onto a steel trailer AND also the fenders and fender backs [I stand on them]
Ideally it needs approx. .030" of clearance between the 2 pieces .
So I used dabs of 2 sided tape every 12" to maintain clearance while the glue cures.
The glue is used to hold the bumper cover and turn signals on the front my race car [it sees 160 mph]

I tested it on 2 pieces of steel offcuts that were powder coated. After I left it to cure, I crowbarred the pieces apart.
The glue literally ripped the powder coating off the parent material [the glue itself held on]
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A Gurney flap on a lay down cosmetic spoiler... wow. This is, in essence, a "spoiler on a spoiler" ;)

http://allamericanracers.com/the-gurney-flap/ - this explains what this is for, from Dan Gurney himself.

A wickerbill is meant to be used on a WING ELEMENT to increase downforce (and it adds drag) at low speeds.

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Some modern wings have these where they are removable, and you take them out at higher speed tracks. This was on a 72" wide x 14" AJ Hartman aero carbon wing on the back of a '69 Camaro tube frame race car we built.

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In case anyone cared. Since this is in "General" it is a high probability this is just for "Scene points".

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If you care about aerodynamics one tiny little bit, the corner carves sub-forum here has a lot of good info in it. ;)

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Cheers,
 

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