Another for BPP molded in ducts.

 

Had mine done over the winter along with the carbon fiber overlays and some creative plumbing of the tubes to get fresh air in the wheel wells to clear the oversize wheels and tires. Nice match to the carbon fiber of the engine bay.

 

me tooo

 

Awesome ET! I wish mine came that way from the factory. I ended up going with the carbon fiber ducts.

 

cause they are.. the ones on the bottom look like who ever molded them in molded them in from behind instead of flush and then cut the front too short and filled it in.. Mine are in my sig..

 

 

mine..here's the thread with pics of how I did it...
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/show....php?t=1475120

 

Nice work you did there brother!! Very well done......

Much Respect,
2KLEN4U

 

These are really cool.What is involved with installing these?

 

 

I will be swapping mine to BPP, although the CF Z06 overlay looks sweet.

 

Hmmm... Apparently BPP now recommends installing them from behind. If that's the difference in looks, I like it!

 

WOW - ABSOLUTLY BEAUTIFUL.
DID YOU TAKE ANY IN PROGRESS PICTURES?

 

I did this mod before Breathless performance even thought about it about five years ago.... They sold these scoops as add-ons ( glued on top of the Rocker ) , AS I was leaving GM, I made it known that the Z06 Scoops were not the best design, and to me appeared to be an afterthought, and they didn't want to tool up for a molded in scoop. So Five years ago I set out to make this happen ON my own.,.. at the time I posted the progress, and it was actually a fun job... I have gifted hands and this was my first attempt at body work... I will try to dig up the photos in progress... when I left here I took all my embedded photos off the forum.. I'M just starting to add some back.. and some new stuff too... When I did this several member took the initiative to do it also...Thank you for your kind words... It's nice to get this positive feed back after so many years.

Here is a Photo dated 07/02/2002 IT shows the scoops the way Breathless had designed them to work... I originally put them on top of the rocker. ( two step epoxy ) A few months later I decided to glass them in....

 

could the MODS make this thread a STICKY - lot of good info and links here to what would be a popular mod

 

E-T,

Yours were the inspiration for me buying them! When you glassed them in, did you remove them and remount them from the back side, or just add FG to the front side to blend them?

I just spoke with Ernie at BPP. He does recommend mounting them from underneath now. He said you have to modify (cut slightly smaller) the included template. Very soon the cutting will begin!


Vaughn

 

The molded in looks awesome.

 

ACI Brake Ducts with the Side Skirts...

 

Vaughn, The 2 step epoxy I used would require some sort of nuclear device to remove them.. they are one with the rocker.. plus, this is how the position for the inner duct mates to the outer scoop... also epoxying them on top allows them to stick out another 3/16 of an inch to allow them to look more aggressive.. and that lip allows a good base to glass them in... it took me 20 hours to do this mod...

Use the template, and epoxy them on as if they were being put on as designed.. do not try to fit them perfectly in side the rocker.. allow them to be glued as designed on top of the rocker. You will them have a bullet proof bond to the rocker, extremely strong... the glassing and the fill is just cosmetic them...they will never crack, also the other good thing about this mod is they are fiberglass not ABS, and therefore much better at taking stone hits... I added stone guard clear coat over the rockers, that why in some photos there appears to be alot of orange peel...down low. Ill see if I can find a photo from a few days ago to show you how they have held up...over five years...

Here is a picture I took a couple of days ago of my 9 year old car, 5 years on the rear brake scoops, CCW's are four years old as are the Eradispeed 14" rotors. Car has 70,000 miles.. Ill see if I can find a few more photos


Date Taken 2008-03-27 18:12:30
Camera SONY DSLR-A700
Exposure Time 0.04s (1/25)
Aperture f/5.0
ISO 1600
Focal Length 28mm (42mm 35mm)
Detailed
JPEG Quality 8/18
Flash flash did not fire, compulsory flash mode
Exposure Program aperture priority
Exposure Bias 0 EV
Exposure Mode auto
White Balance auto
Digital Zoom Ratio 0/1
Contrast 0
Saturation 0
Sharpness 0
Color Space sRGB

These rotors have 60,000 miles on them



Date Taken 2008-03-27 18:12:52
Camera SONY DSLR-A700
Exposure Time 0.0166s (1/60)
Aperture f/5.0
ISO 1600
Focal Length 28mm (42mm 35mm)
Detailed
JPEG Quality 8/18
Flash flash fired, compulsory flash mode
Exposure Program aperture priority
Exposure Bias 0 EV
Exposure Mode auto
White Balance auto
Digital Zoom Ratio 0/1
Contrast 0
Saturation 0
Sharpness 0
Color Space sRGB

 

I feel in love instantly with the breathless glassed in ones, so I ordered a set. Should be here next week. Can't wait. Thanks for the demos for all that have them.