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I think the end pillars are extended too far from the body line. I'm guessing you had the idea to make them sit flush with the canards above? I would bring them in more cloder to the APR lip. I will try to find an article from RACER magazine that discussed this, and send to you.
Thoughts?
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I found the article I mentioned several posts ago. It's in the September 2008 issue of Racecar Engineering under the Aerobytes column, written by aerodynamics consultant Simon McBeath. I will scan the article and post it up tomorrow.
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From: Redmond - Lake Tapps ,WA
The splitter acts as surface area for downward force resultant from the high pressure area at the front of the car. The end plates should help maintain the high pressure at the absolute edges of the splitter. ( I made that up).
I made them that wide because my tires hang out in that area with the race wheels on. I'm going to add some air-dams on the leading edge of the wheel wells to cover the tires up and I think that will come pretty close to the endplates.
I made them that wide because my tires hang out in that area with the race wheels on. I'm going to add some air-dams on the leading edge of the wheel wells to cover the tires up and I think that will come pretty close to the endplates.
So I've been screwing with aero parts on and off for the past year, slowly adding and improving things. I got an APR splitter last year and only had time to mount it in the stock, lame APR fashion - to the bumper. The angle of attack was +4 degrees and it really didn't stick out that far. Here's a picture of what it looked like when I first mounted it with my original air dam.
Hanging from 4 cables, and 5 bolts to the chassis. It's setup to adjust between -2 degrees and zero. A change in spacer blocks can make it go from -4 to -2 degrees as well. But that gets it pretty low at the tip. I'm going to start at the -2 to zero range.
Hanging from 4 cables, and 5 bolts to the chassis. It's setup to adjust between -2 degrees and zero. A change in spacer blocks can make it go from -4 to -2 degrees as well. But that gets it pretty low at the tip. I'm going to start at the -2 to zero range.
Thought I'd post up my splitter build. Did my first event last weekend and it seemed to work pretty good.
http://blog.365racing.net/2012/04/02...plitter-part2/
http://blog.365racing.net/2012/04/02...plitter-part2/
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From: Redmond - Lake Tapps ,WA
I think I just eyeballed them in a place that looked about right. It's not super critical, I see guys running 10 billion supports and I don't think it's needed unless the splitter material itself cannot support any real loads. 4 points should be enough.
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Thought I'd post up my splitter build. Did my first event last weekend and it seemed to work pretty good.
http://blog.365racing.net/2012/04/02...plitter-part2/
http://blog.365racing.net/2012/04/02...plitter-part2/