charlie's na6

charlie_91 · Postby **charlie_91** » Fri Sep 21, 2012 6:15 pm

Update.

So i changed around the front supports a little. Just widened them. Seems better now. I also added supports to the side.. Exact same way as my front supports just with wire and eyelets. Splitter is really stiff now. Interested to see how the car reacts at speed and whether the 9mm ply will be thick enough to not flex a lot at 200kph. Might but another piece of 12mm ply and lay the top with fibre glass just to be sure its gonna hold good. Anyways atleast i now have a template.

Pics:

hks_kansei · Postby **hks_kansei** » Fri Sep 21, 2012 6:19 pm

My eyes, or is it not centred?

needs to move to the passenger side by about 20mm

and the driver's side bottom buckle needs to move to the passenger side by about 30-50mm

charlie_91 · Postby **charlie_91** » Fri Sep 21, 2012 6:31 pm

yeah probably not straight haha..

plohl · Postby **plohl** » Fri Sep 21, 2012 9:57 pm

looks good dude.... but yeah, i can see the off-centered nice.

Guys - you seriously don't get how awesome this car is until you sit behind for about 60km and see it boost away on the gas :mrgreen:

Lokiel · Postby **Lokiel** » Sat Sep 22, 2012 12:07 am

plohl wrote::
Guys - you seriously don't get how awesome this car is until you sit behind for about 60km and see it boost away on the gas

+1

As good as this car looks in pics, it looks MUCH better in action.

charlie_91 · Postby **charlie_91** » Mon Sep 24, 2012 7:29 am

Cheers guys

it is a lot better when it's at the track

So all the aero is back off. Picking up some fiberglass and resin from work and I plan to put some plastic angle just in front of where the lip sits on the splitter to act as a diverter and make sure that air doesn't go between it. Then I'm gonna glass it all to stiffen it up and make it waterproof

Updates later in the week.

rxmx · Postby **rxmx** » Mon Sep 24, 2012 11:27 am

Looking good charlie,

more WOT vids please

charlie_91 · Postby **charlie_91** » Tue Sep 25, 2012 5:21 pm

U will be rewarded at the end of the week

Update:

So the other day when i was removing the aero again i noticed the lip wasnt sealed air tight against the splitter. Last thing i want is it going through the gay. So i picked up some aluminum angle, fibreglass and some resin and set to work.

I traced where the edge of the lip sits on the splitter and cut and bent the angle around it. Once glued down i started to lay the fibreglass. The topside is now done but needs cleaning up. Ill probably just resin the underside i think. Plan is for the air to hit the angle and dispurse up over the lip and bumper.. Sorta like a mini airdam.

Anyways heres some pics:

charlie_91 · Postby **charlie_91** » Thu Sep 27, 2012 6:23 pm

Update:

Yet again we have more problems.. So i replaced the crank and cam angle sensors trying to fix a problem ive been having after i thrash the car a bit. Swapped them over with brand new oem replacements and drove off only to have it 100x worse then before.. Fiddled around with it to get it to work proper and nothing.

Went to drive home and troubleshoot some more only to break down 2mins from my house

Car just felt like it lost all power and i had no throttle at all. Pulled over and checked everything but the car wouldnt run. So i went and go the old sensors and put them back on hoping it would go back to normal. it did not. So towed it back to the workshop to see what the hell went wrong.. Sigh.

In other news splitter is complete. Will be putting it on as soon as i figure out what my pos car is doing.

instagramming this sh*t up

rxmx · Postby **rxmx** » Thu Sep 27, 2012 6:54 pm

Fuel pump?

Have you got a fuel pressure gauge to check fuel pressure? My brother's car was good for about 20mins of driving then it would gradually break down and get worse until car wouldn't move...

charlie_91 · Postby **charlie_91** » Fri Sep 28, 2012 6:46 pm

Update:
Funny story .. So went to check to see what the fuel pump was like and looked in the tank to see it bone dry lol... UGHH feelin pretty stupid right night. Wish i bothered setting up the low fuel light lol So problem has gone away for now

So the splitter is done now. Happy with the finish and strength. Few things ill do next time when this one breaks

toppertee · Postby **toppertee** » Fri Sep 28, 2012 7:04 pm

charlie_91 wrote:Update:
Funny story .. So went to check to see what the fuel pump was like and looked in the tank to see it bone dry lol... UGHH feelin pretty stupid right night. Wish i bothered setting up the low fuel light lol So problem has gone away for now

Your not the first or the last. At least it was a simple fix.
I chased a fault in my rx7, it kept on cutting power. To it was noted, that it was speed limited to 180km. :oops:

Got to love jap imports. :mrgreen:

Dweezle · Postby **Dweezle** » Fri Sep 28, 2012 7:05 pm

Hahahahaha!!!!!!!

Glad it was an easy fix

That sort of thing is frustrating and relieving all at once.

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rxmx · Postby **rxmx** » Mon Oct 01, 2012 11:22 am

Would have been a good time to fill up with e85

plohl · Postby **plohl** » Mon Oct 01, 2012 12:02 pm

Splitter looks good man.

i was speaking to a guy with a radical at qr one day and he said it had been plagued with fuel issues - he finally decide to check the fuel tank and it was empty. Turns out the tube going to the tank is only like 1/2" ID or something, so if you try and fill it up at a servo, the it'll just keep clicking off as it's "full" haha.