davidfarmer

just for fun, I made an aluminum rear "flap" for the past few events. It matched the OEM brake light assembly in height. I was curious if it would help at all. My case-study was turn 2 at VIR.......and believe it or not, I was able to achieve full throttle coming out of turn 2 quicker than I could without the spoiler.

After returning from the NCM event, I ripped my aluminum rig off, hoping to purchase one of the fancy GM or aftermarket full width spoiler. Alas, just don't have the money to do it, so I made at trip to WalMart for $15 worth of fiberglass.

So here you go.....first 2 are my aluminum flaps, the others are the making of the fiberglass units. I need to hit them with a DA sander to smooth them out, but finishing work really isn't my bag.

Flame away, send me money to make more, whatever.......it was fun, and seems to be effective (although I haven't run the version 2.0 units yet).

davidfarmer

btw, for those of you at the event, that was my PCA friend driving the car several of the sessions. I coerced him to helping us out instructing by promising to let him drive a REAL car for a few sessions

Falcon

That looked nice, David. Glad to hear they worked.

BTW, what did Pat think about the Z?

davidfarmer

he had fun, but we weren't comfortable running with him running AH/TC off, and since there are no pressure sensors in our track wheels, the systems were pretty intrusive for him. We didn't have any problems until lately, but after about 3 sessions, even Comp mode (sans sensors) causes the brakes to kick in mid-corner pretty much all of the time.

I think he enjoyed it nonetheless.......I doubt he's ever driven a car with even 300rwhp!

Falcon

He can drive the wheels off the Porsche!

Glennm27

I like it Dave. I also like your style of making your own instead of spending the extra (way t0o much money for what you get) GM part....

I don't even remember seeing the AL pieces at VIR and I followed your friend in that car for about 5 laps (16 miles) during one of the parade sessions.

eogel

David,

How was the alum. version attached? How is the fiberglass version attached?

Thanks,
Ed

burners

Cool, if it gets the job done I say it's good! There's nothing like empirical data and cheap fixes to prove a theory.

davidfarmer

3M mounting tape......the black stuff. It held CMP around 140mph, then VIR at 160mph. The Al unit didn't budge a bit!

Took a little elbow grease to get it all off when I got home, but didn't hurt the finish. If you've ever removed the BSM's from a C5, you know how strong that stuff it!