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Any here tried the 1963-67 Corvette front spoiler from Ecklers?
If so how is the fit?
We use the Eckler's front spoiler, on a couple of the Corvette vintage racers that I crew on. Like most aftermarket fiberglass parts, some minor trimming is needed, but once installed, the fit is near perfect on the red 65 we race.
This is the same spoiler on a friend's 66 Corvette, that we help out on occasionally.
We use to use the Camaro spoiler on the red 65. After it got damaged while loading the car in the trailer, we decided to give the Eckler's spoiler a try. The Eckler's spoiler is a little wider, but I think the Camaro one was deeper.
One thing to consider by anyone racing, or regularly driving their car hard, is brake cooling. The purpose of a spoiler is to limit air flow under the car. Anyone using a spoiler, who drives their car hard enough to generate a lot of brake heat, should consider some sort of brake cooling. A simple solution is to cut a couple holes in the spoiler and ducting some cooling air to the front brakes. On the race car, we have ducting and hoses bringing air from behind the grill, and from the parking lamp holes, to the front brakes, but this may not be practical on a street car.
We use the Eckler's front spoiler, on a couple of the Corvette vintage racers that I crew on. Like most aftermarket fiberglass parts, some minor trimming is needed, but once installed, the fit is near perfect on the red 65 we race.
This is the same spoiler on a friend's 66 Corvette, that we help out on occasionally.
We use to use the Camaro spoiler on the red 65. After it got damaged while loading the car in the trailer, we decided to give the Eckler's spoiler a try. The Eckler's spoiler is a little wider, but I think the Camaro one was deeper.
One thing to consider by anyone racing, or regularly driving their car hard, is brake cooling. The purpose of a spoiler is to limit air flow under the car. Anyone using a spoiler, who drives their car hard enough to generate a lot of brake heat, should consider some sort of brake cooling. A simple solution is to cut a couple holes in the spoiler and ducting some cooling air to the front brakes. On the race car, we have ducting and hoses bringing air from behind the grill, and from the parking lamp holes, to the front brakes, but this may not be practical on a street car.
I like the looks of the Ecklers better than the Camaro, wish there were something similar for the C1s; my S10 airdam isn't wide enough to suit my aesthetics and is too low that it drags on driveway approaches.
Nice job! Where did you cut it to shorten it and which one did you use?
Tom
That is a 69 Camero spoiler. I cut a three inch section out of each side, used the cut out parts to bolster and glued it back together with GM structural adhesive. Then I dremeled a v groove at the seam and used a small amount of bondo to smooth the cuts. Finally painted semi- gloss black. I have more photos of the process.
04-11-2018, 03:17 PM
