....It itches and burns...

[Schumacher609]

I'm just the picture poster so I'll let Justin explain everything but here is what we started with:


We start working (me):


And the finished product:











Oh yeah, the fiberglass that is now all over me is what itches and burns

-Mike

 

[Jh8990]

wow I actually thought the pictures came out a lot better than that. but they didn't.

Thanks for putting the pics up mike,

and yeah I got the idea from Sam to do the front chin spoiler and Mike's dad happen to have a rivet gun and rivets so on a spur of the moment kinda thing, we went ahead and fabed some small brackets on the back of the bumper to let the lip reach the back of it and then riveted the rest on. I think it turned out pretty decent.

The paint and age of the bumper/front end have both seen better days though.

 

[SHOtime2511]

eh...

 

[SHO_ROLLER_2]

Looks like a double chin. IDK, I'd have to see better pictures in the light. I'm not getting the full effect......

 

[Sholovenothate]

so what does it do exactly?

 

[Jh8990]

Looks like a double chin. IDK, I'd have to see better pictures in the light. I'm not getting the full effect......

looks a lot better in natural sunlight for sure

 

[Jh8990]

so what does it do exactly?

nothing at all. its just for looks. kind of like the mach one spoiler

 

[Off Road SHO]

nothing at all. its just for looks. kind of like the mach one spoiler

Actually it does do more than look good. It helps create more of a negative pressure area below the engine compartment. This in turn makes the hot air flow out of the engine compartment more easily.

But don't worry, we won't tell anyone.

Tom

 

[platoribs]

Actually it does do more than look good. It helps create more of a negative pressure area below the engine compartment. This in turn makes the hot air flow out of the engine compartment more easily.

But don't worry, we won't tell anyone.

Tom

Negative pressure huh? Sounds like Voodo to me...

 

[SHOtime2511]

I'd just get the black garden trim instead of that fiberglass.

 

[Jh8990]

I'd just get the black garden trim instead of that fiberglass.

I was going to however, this fiberglass was completely flat in the back, the other plastic stuff was a lot more flimsy and was not flat on the back so it wouldn't fit completely flush with the bumper like this does.

 

[Jh8990]

ok here's some pics in the daytime. maybe this helps

sorry for the crappy quality, they were taken on my phone

 

[SHO_ROLLER_2]

If the side skirts were lower it would look better.

Looks too low and out of place IMO. No angle to it like the Mach 1.

 

[Jh8990]

If the side skirts were lower it would look better.

Looks too low and out of place IMO. No angle to it like the Mach 1.

yeah I hear what you mean. but I'm happy with it for right now.

 

[SHO_ROLLER_2]

As long as ya like it. I know though, it's something different and you can always yank it off if you want to.

 

[Jh8990]

As long as ya like it. I know though, it's something different and you can always yank it off if you want to.

yeah I liked the way it looked on Sams car so I figured I would try it.

 

[gmorrell]

....It itches and burns...

-Mike

Shouldn't this be in the venereal disease sub-forum?

Looks nice though.

Actually it does do more than look good. It helps create more of a negative pressure area below the engine compartment. This in turn makes the hot air flow out of the engine compartment more easily.

But don't worry, we won't tell anyone.

Tom

Eh, it will help a little, but a chin spoiler without a flat splitter panel is mostly just drag and something to catch on parking place stop-blocks.

Now, this is an air dam and splitter:






The splitter panel does double duty:
1. It helps push air into the bumper air intakes above it.
2. The air that goes under the splitter panel is compressed, then as it hits the back edge of the panel, it expands and creates a low pressure zone that gives some front down force.

What you can't see is all the reinforcement behind the air dam and the splitter panel. You put a contraption like this on a car, tote it to a road course, then run it around at triple-digit speeds, and you'll discover that the aerodynamic forces acting on it will tear it right off the car if it isn't adequately braced. The back edge of the splitter is attached to the subframe and has stiffeners on the edge to keep it from flexing and flapping.

 

[Jh8990]

wow that looks great, but yeah I don't need any of the functions that it would do. its just my weekend car.

gmorrell, you have any videos of your car running with the the splitter on?