Downforce??

[fnfast]

Lol you said street car.

 

[Arustik]

I had a very good man Brian (roadracer350) make me one for the front of my car. He answered all of my questions and made me one of his custom pieces. I'm the first to pick one up and love the work he put into it with custom alluminum brackets, and all stainless hardware. He also makes custom alluminum splitter rods that I will order from him one day. Here are a few pics. The fit and finish is perfect!! And also included instructions with pictures. Thanks, Sal

If your interested just pm him or email. [email protected]

That right there is plus 1000000 points at COM and NASA but damn is it nice

 

[ArizonaGT]

Sure does look good, that's for sure.

 

[mavisky]

Lol you said street car.

Sorry, show car.

 

[sheizasosay]

I can't keep my eyes off the front brakes.

 

[Vorshlag-Fair]

those brakes tho

Looks pretty, goes way back. But the splitter height looks fairly high, so a lot of air will go underneath it. And what material is that? Tell me its not Alumilite?

But hey, it might work at speed and not rip itself to pieces. There's one good way to test that...

Take a picture like this (200+ pounds hanging out at the edge of a 10" long splitter) and I will all be impressed.

edit: I don't point this out to make fun of anyone, but as a warning to racers wanting to make splitters out of sign shop material. Here's a good rule of thumb: if you can permanently destroy the material between your finger and thumb, it doesn't belong on a race car. I've seen a lot of friends try to make splitters and undertrays out of Alumalite but have yet to see one of these creations work at speed on a road course. The wind force above highway speeds usually rips it off in spectacular fashion. I've seen it show up on autocross cars (see picture above), but even a minor cone strike typically does catastrophic damage.

It ain't as pretty as carbon nor as light as Alumalite, but sheet aluminum sure is easy to work with and that's what you see on more race cars for splitters than any other material.

The other nice thing about sheet aluminum is that it is repairable. If one of the diffuser strakes on the car above gets bent during a race the driver unbolts the bent piece, flattens it with a hammer, and bolts it right back on.

Anyway... just some thoughts.

 

[Vorshlag-Fair]

I think Hollywood Hot Rods might have done something you would be interested in: http://image.hotrod.com/f/featuredv...rd-mustang-5-0-rear-splitter-spoiler-view.jpg

such show. much shine. many fail.

I posted this picture to my Facebook page and got 22 comments in the first hour, 21 of which were highly critical. Long story short: this is all FAKE AERO JUNK.

 

[Sky Render]

such show. much shine. many fail.

Sig worthy.

 

[Roadracer350]

Actually Terry is correct it is high for the track but it does work. According to Dennis at Miller Motorsports Race shop these are the same height as the FR500S units and they have proved that with this chin spoiler for every 1" the splitter is in front it produces 100lb of downforce. At this height you can still drive on the street and track and have the best of both worlds. Now for TT I would put a spacer between the mounts and position it closer to the deck. No it's not Alumalite it's made out of Omega Bond. It's a hard composite material sandwiched between 2 pieces of .012" Aluminum. With my mounts and my front splitter rods I'm 195lb and can stand on it no problem. Also mine has stayed attached to at least 140 so far! LOL! Mine isn't quite that long it's only 6" and if I remember the on I made Sal was either 5 or 5.5". I think his car looks badass with it! I still want his hood!!!

 

[Vorshlag-Fair]

No it's not Alumalite it's made out of Omega Bond. It's a hard composite material sandwiched between 2 pieces of .012" Aluminum. With my mounts and my front splitter rods I'm 195lb and can stand on it no problem. Also mine has stayed attached to at least 140 so far!

Left: Omega bond is solid core plastic with aluminum skin. Right Alumalite is corrugated plastic core with an aluminum skin

OK, well at least Omega Bond (above) is solid core material so it won't crush between your fingers like the aluminum corrugated material Alumalite. I'm not a huge fan of laminated materials, but Alumalite is just TURRIBLE. It is little better than corrugated card board. This stuff is for disposable, lightweight road side signs to announce garage sales or open houses - not race car parts.

Another popular plastic for splitters is Tegris and of course ABS. Both have their weaknesses, of course.

 

[Roadracer350]

I agree 1,000,000% on the Alumalite!! Its good for yard signs but not car parts!!

 

[Sky Render]

Alumalite is good for prototyping of certain parts. I've seen it used to temporarily make air deflection panels for radiators. It holds up long enough to test out a design and tweak it before making it out of real material.

And the alumalite I've seen used for that was, in fact, "liberated" political signs.

 

[908ssp]

Remember when referencing "race car rules" they are meant to slow cars down in order to make competition between cars more equal.

We built the flat bottom for top end racing not to fit a set of rules. We haven't put the rear diffuser on it at this point.

 

[ArizonaGT]

 

[Roadracer350]

Here is a pic of mine at ride height and the front splitter rods I made.