ok.. so i need one like i need an eye in my forehead..
am looking for a splitter for my c5z.. contacted a cpl places, like Ecklers and another.
2 months out. anyone have any suggestions. i don t need to remortgage to get one.
carbon fiber doesn t do much for me.
thanks ia

 

One of the first few mods I did was the ACI front splitter and side skirts.
I like this type front splitter because it has the C5R type tray in the middle, and at the rear of the tray it deflects the air up to the condenser and radiator.
It replaces the center and side air dam pieces necessity by feeding the cooling system and moving air around the car.
Last month I had my first “real” opportunity to see how the car handled aerodynamically at triple digit speeds at Talledega, and I was really impressed. The car never felt light to me at all, and while I’m sworn to secrecy on the actual speeds, believe me, I was movin!




I just ordered another one because I did get several rock chips though, and when Vengeance Racing did my supercharger install, they cut the rear of my tray off and had it configured primarily to only feed my intercooler. I had to put the center air deflector back on to feed the cooling system, but it didn’t cool as efficiently as before.
I recently did the front license plate screen mod to feed air to the intercooler and removed the bottom air deflector from the intercooler that was taking most of the air coming in from the front tray, and it substantially reduced my cooling temps. So far it’s only gotten up to 205* with an ambient temp at 90*.
I believe the new one will feed the cooling system adequately like it did originally, and I shouldn’t ever have to worry about cooling again.
This will convert my car totally back to a front breather, and another advantage is, I will be able to park in grass again without vacuuming grass into the engine compartment.
Also, I’m going to have PPF put on the new one before I install it, because it is very vulnerable to rock chips, particularly on the interstate.
I ordered the new one thru Southern Car Parts because it was slightly cheaper than ordering directly thru ACI, and the estimated lead time is 8-9 weeks.

I also considered going with the C7 Carbon front splitter, which functions the same, but I don’t want to drill more holes in the front fascia, and the center mounting point looks to be further back, which would possibly leave the current center
mounting hole exposed. It is a good looking splitter as well, and you can get it in fiberglass painted black, which should only require a scuff and paint for color match, vs. prep and paint with the ACI one.



C7 Carbon (with carbon fiber finish)

Hope this provided some answers you are looking for.

Edit: BTW, these are both forum vendors.

 

Thanks Lewis

 

ACI makes some quality products - and their splitter looks very good.

 

i thought someone said they were a vendor here.. i don t find them

 

I ordered my ACI splitter thru Southern Car Parts, who is a forum vendor.

https://www.southerncarparts.com/corvette-front-spoiler-p-1929.html

 

ok thanks , have heard not so good things about SCl

 

I know you said carbon fiber isn't our thing, however you can get some design ides from this company.

https://www.extremedimensions.com/se...keep_https=yes

 

AMT Custom designs has both 2 and 3 piece front splitter options for pretty cheap. I had been considering these, but I've been worried about getting in and out of my driveway. I may have a solution to that upcoming. However, lewidlgZ06 may have changed my mind. I hadn't realized that his splitter had a tray like that. I have an A&A setup, and I didn't want to do anything that would block airflow. If I got an ACI splitter, would it provide good airflow to both the intercooler and radiator without modifying it?

 

I had the ACI splitter before I had my A&A V3 SI system installed, so previously all of the air from the tray was feeding the condenser and radiator. As I recall my coolant temps were the same, if not better, and I had much less trash (mainly grass) accumulation in the total front breather configuration.
I don’t think there is adequate airflow to feed the intercooler, condenser, and radiator all together from the ACI tray, that’s why I chose to open the front license plate area to cool the intercooler, and remove the bottom air deflector from the intercooler, allowing more air to pass on back to the center air deflector and up into the condenser and radiator.
Some of the air passing through the intercooler now has to be getting to the condenser and radiator, but I’m fairly certain the flow is slowed somewhat.
My center air dam is so close to the back of my intercooler now, it is leaving very little room for air flow. Removing the center center air dam underneath and putting on the new splitter with the full tray will definitely feed more air, which leads me to believe it will further improve lowering the coolant temps.
Last chance I had to drive it, just feeding the intercooler from the front reduced my cooling temps at an ambient outside temp of 89-90* from approximately 210-230* range to 190-205* range. Also my IAT’s dropped from an average of 5-12* above ambient temp to 3-8*.
(All that said I’m just comparing these numbers on 1 before and after comparison with the same ambient temp.) Haven’t had any further opportunities to test yet.
I also have a heat extracting hood (MCM), so I’m hoping it will eliminate any/most front aero downforce loss from pushing more air in under the hood.

I’m dealing with a second terminal health family matter now and I don’t have photos available to illiterate what I’m trying to communicate. We buried buried one last Friday and the next has to be close now. If none of this is clear I apologize, I’m operating on very little sleep, but at least trying helps me maintain some sense of normalcy in life now.

I will report all of this and the final results in my build thread with pics when I get the new splitter, get it prepped, painted, PPF’d , and installed. All of that will depend on lead times, so likely 3 months minimum.

 

My deepest condolences on your loss. I'll pray for you and your family. Thank you so much for responding with everything you have going on. I think I'm following what you've described. However, pictures are always better than words in a case like this. Opening up the license plate area just isn't an option for me as I know there's no way I would be able to get away with running without a front plate here in northern VA.
I currently have the "ram air" setup leading to the intercooler that came with the A&A kit. However, there is such a small amount of space between the air deflector and the bumper that I question how efficient it is. With that said, my temps didn't go up at all when I installed the blower. I'll try and get some pics of what I'm talking about later tonight.

 

Thank you Monty, I appreciate that brother!

TN doesn’t require a front plate thankfully, I didn’t even think about that in your case. If I could find someone with the capability to make some ducts to attach to the seemingly useless air inlets on the front and route to the intercooler, I would prefer that over the license plate mod.
I found an old thread one day here discussing that and a couple of members made some for their cars, but no one ever followed thru in making them for sale. A 3D printer and someone that knew what they were doing, and that would be another solution. I guess in a coupe/vert it wouldn’t be as cut and dry if you have fog lights, but on a Z06 that’s not the case.

That black ABS piece (deflector) that attaches to the bottom of the intercooler is what A&A considers the “ram air” . That’s what I removed, because it came down and almost touched the bottom of my splitter tray, which wasn’t allowing very much direct air to pass back for cooling the condenser and radiator. I could have possibly shortened it some, but in my situation I chose to just remove it and move in the direction I’m going.

My car has never overheated, I’m just not comfortable with it consistently running those numbers in the summer months. If I can get it to the point it never exceeds 220 on the hottest days with the AC running, I’ll be completely at ease.

Walleyjack, please accept my apologies for highjacking your thread brother, but these are issues to be considered for folks that are running supercharged cars that may be considering adding a splitter/spoiler.

 

Walleyjack, please accept my apologies for highjacking your thread brother, but these are issues to be considered for folks that are running supercharged cars that may be considering adding a splitter/spoiler.

no hi jacking hers, so no apologies required Lewis.. all good, and you are helping others out here with your info. i m just trying to find something cheap to try it out first.
Also.. condolences and prayers to you and the family..

 

So you're probably pretty familiar with this setup, but here are the pictures I promised of my A&A setup. It was hard to get good shots. This shows the center air dam that deflects air up to the radiator and condenser, and then the deflector above and in front of it that deflects air up to the intercooler. based on these pics do you think the ACI splitter would work? I was also looking at routing air from the fog light surround area to the intercooler, but that area is blocked off by the metal walls of the custom air box.


Of course I need to figure out my driveway situation first as my air dam rubs every time I pull out. I'm likely going to order the Bridjit system to see if that fixes the problem.

 

Hard to tell looking at the pics. Like you said, I don’t really see how your getting a lot of air to the intercooler now, it just doesn’t look like it is low enough to grab a lot of air.
As for the routing air from the front vents, I removed the front metal plate of the shrouding, that’s how I’m getting air directly to the intercooler through my front plate area. I believe it would work from those front air vents just as well, if it was ducted to force it directly to the front of the intercooler. Those two air vents are mostly off to the sides of the intercooler, so I don’t know how much air it would get without ducts, because air will take the route of least resistance.
I think when I can get you some pics of my current configuration, it will be a lot easier to understand.
Also, when I get my new splitter on, I’d be happy to give you my current one so you can at least test it and see before spending a fortune, just to find out your clearances on the car and with the driveway. There are 4 points that you can mach it up to without drilling any holes. It wouldn’t be secure enough to drive with, but you could test it out on the car and with the driveway.
I usually go to Corvette Expo in Pigeon Forge in March. Not sure how far you are from there, but if not too far, it would save you shipping too.

 

Pigeon Forge is about 7 hours away from me. However, I would be more than happy to pay shipping for you to send me the old one. Thanks for the offer.

 

Your name is on it brother

 

I finally got a couple of pics and I copied and pasted below from a response to another thread in reference to radiators and cooling.

I have a Dewitt’s radiator and while I believe it is a high quality product and as good as there is, it alone is not a be all, end all cure.
Airflow is still key and challenging with a C5 bottom breather.
I recently opened my front license plate area and removed the front metal piece of the shroud from my A&A SC kit to allow direct air flow to my intercooler.


I’m still in the evaluation phase, but my first maiden voyage produced favorable results in reducing IAT’s and coolant temps. My next step will be modding my new ACI front splitter, basically by extending the rear of the tray where it deflects air up to the condenser and radiator. Because of the thickness of the intercooler, there isn’t adequate space for the air to flow properly.

The back edge of the strip of painters tape is where the tray/deflector was before it was cut off when my SC kit was installed. Note: even with the center air deflector reinstalled, there just isn’t adequate space for good airflow, between the intercooler and deflector.
^^^ The intercooler is directly above the tape.

I believe extending the rear of the tray 1 1/2” and the gap will much improve airflow up to the condenser and radiator.
In addition, I have a heat extracting hood, so I’m hopeful the increased airflow will not adversely effect aero downforce on the front, but honestly my time in triple digits is and will likely remain pretty scarce, as I do not drive that way on public roads.

 

I'm in the same boat and had also planned to fashion an extension from the tray on my Vortex front lip all the way to the radiator soon. With no sheet metal shrouding and no center air dam, I could definitely benefit from a little "ducting" help lol

 

I also have the ACI splitter and really love the way it looks. No issues with coolant temps either. It's a very good design. I will be needing another one when or if I ever hit another road gator or something that doesn't belong in the road. My body guy said it will not be able to be fixed again, been repaired 3 times now. I had to cut the rear deflector off because of one of the damaged times it had so it's flat now. I left the factory air deflector on because of removing it from the splitter so that gets plenty of air. Do they still sell the ACI splitter? I may need another one someday too.


Larry, you have our deepest condolences and our prayers going out to you and your family.