Ok thought i’d bring everyone up to speed with the nightmare that is my racecar.
Front aero in works…
from this…
The white BMW in the picture is a 3 series FYI.
What gauge sheetmetal did you use for the front splitter?
How long did it take you?
Copying somebody’s plans or playing it by ear?
I see Mr. Pax time himself in the little red civic :ninja
It’s .032 aluminum sheet same as the front panel. About 20 min to trace my air dam onto it, about 20 minutes to cut out and an hour or so of screw gun action to attach it to the air dam. No plans… all Hansen. I come from a family of engineers and tradesman- we design and build everything. No, No, thats Mickey
This thread has win written all over it. :nod
Tom, im guessing those spacers are solving the axle and camber issue?
E46 M3 + wall = major fail
But yeah, aside from that this thread has more win than you can shake a stick at :ahh
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Whatever, that picture is so win. It proves my invincibility.
Bah, it wasn’t YOU that put it into the wall so it’s still a win your you’re realm of things
Speaking of e46m3’s
Quoted for future use :nod
:excited O rly…Is that a cue for my phone to start ringing any second now?
Indeed.
Looks damn purdy, sir!
There helping to solve the Tom needs to lower the car a bit and i can’t because of pinion angle. Now i can slam the front end and still have the correct suspension geometry in front. Except for bumb steer which i will fix with a heim joint and spacer on the tie rod end.
Thanks guys…more pictures when it’s all done
Those spacers are so legit :rofl
The balljoint spacers? Because thats how you make them.
I’m just poking fun, those edges look a bit jagged is all.
Function
Form
Whats funny is those edges are cut by a water cooled band saw at kivort steel. I had to shape the bottoms of them so that they would sit flush on the control arm.
oooooohhhhh I can see the casting in the CA now, nice work!
very important in these cars. you want the control arms to sit as close to level as possible. good thinking… your splitter looks good. functionality > looks.
i’m drooling of that esprit 350 :wow
front splitter looks sharp!
and i’ll take some spacers
Literally. Like sharp enough to cut you good.
