NitroDann's Long Awaited Garage Thread

[PaulF]

Hey Patrick, the Bulahdelah Hillclimb is coming up isn't it? Planning to run the white beast?

[Patrick Bramston]

Hillclimb on March 24, car should be finished by then..

[NitroDann]

Ok here are the aero results., not QUITE finished but a good effort for one day I think.

The car has a garage Vary lip but not anymore.


Angle grinder.


Rivnuts (nutserts) and flush allen key hardware, 10.9 tensile.


Using a pair of factory M6 threads and another 2 rivnuts in the subframe.


Rough cut 1/2" ply.


I weight 100kg and you can stand on the mofo, and even bounce on it.




The front most bracket, rivnuts in the body and rivnuts in this bracket.



Waiting for the rest of the pics to upload so there will be a post No. 2.

Dann

[NitroDann]

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Steel flatbar to reinforce the bottom of the PVC front bar. The black plastic just in front of the tyre was removed after this shot.


Cutting out the wood for a rough starting shape, after the rear wing has been given proper sized endplates, the front splitter will be cut down until the front/rear downforce is similar.



Front bar PVC sheet clamped on test fitting, ready for nuts bolts and white sikaflex.












The wing mount, this MAY stay permanent depending how well it works, the boot has been braced with 3mm steel plate.


Top bolts in and cutting the excess.


The removed the protective layer to reveal nice shiny white PVC front bar.




Here it is almost done, I drove it like this.








Check the phone, yeh its pretty low. Should be efficient.






It needs the flat bar bonded and bolted to the bottom and a pair of braces for the widest points of the splitter.

I intend to take a sawzall to the track and cut the splitter down until front/rear downforce bias is neutral.

Its very low, check the picture with the phone on the ground to show its height, this is a big screen LG phone. Its about 80mm.

The owner will make cardboard templates for the radiator/IC ducting and I will make it and fit it (more rivnuts).

The intake opening was just rough cut so it could be dríven. I threw in some extra fuel to get it driveable and check everything worked right.

Its is the most responsive car Ive ever dríven, its great, Im super super happy with it. On 10 PSI with 17x9 slicks It spins 3rd no hastles at all. They were cold though.

Its telepathic in boost reposnse and spins 2nd from 2500rpm so low/mid torque is great.

Dyno by the weekend.

Dann

[noobee]

was that you going north through sandgate before lunch?
Mick

[NitroDann]

Sure was.

Dann

[noobee]

stop at slattery's?
http://www.slatteryauctions.com.au/onli ... itm=574251
I'd just came from there.

[NitroDann]

Was flat out running around for bits and building the white car.

Should have visited me.

Dann

[xatz]

Looks like it's World Time Attack time!! Am'i'right?

I volunteer to be part of your pit crew!!

[Okibi]

It's going to be interesting to see how big that radiator opening will end up being to keep things cool and how much you chop off the splitter. Thanks for sharing.

[Lokiel]

It's going to be interesting to see how big that radiator opening will end up being to keep things cool and how much you chop off the splitter. Thanks for sharing.

With decent ducting, you don't need a large opening, just look at 949 Racing's "Crusher":



- interestingly, he's not using a splitter - Dann's version should be more solid with it.

[NitroDann]

Pats car may or may not make well over double the power that crusher makes.




Dann

[Lokiel]

I forgot that Crusher is N/A, but even so I suspect that you wont need to open it too drastically.

[NitroDann]

It wont be bigger than stock (obviously cos stock is the biggest you can go before flow doesnt improve).

I imagine it will end up 50% bigger than now. The stock hole is double the size of the current hole, it was fine at sensible road speeds, at the track it will be worked harder but be getting more airflow cos its going faster so who knows, we will find out.

It has a fully sealed bonnet now all the way around, headlights dont let air in, and 3 vents in the boinnet not the one it used to have. I want the coolant temps under 90c.

Dann

[NitroDann]

Repping mad tyte stance yo.

Ready for the dyno, pat tells me next friday. Boost response is amazing, can just snap the throttle open and be spinning 3rd on 17x8's by the time your foot hits the floor. Super happy.





Dann