2.3L GT3076Build
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Congrats on baby #2 soon arrival. New years baby? Good luck! 
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Wing is finished. Just need to put some cool guy stickers on the endplates and maybe a big one on the top surface.
I cut an access hole inside the trunk support to add another mounting point for the base plates.
I cut an access hole inside the trunk support to add another mounting point for the base plates.
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wow man this has got to be the most interesting thing i have read i just went through all of the papges and you have done an awsome job man keep up the good work and mad props.
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This is probably the best build thread i've ever read on the net! the outcome was amazing & all the fab work truly inspiring! kudos to you my friend ill have this thread bookmarked forever to see any future updates!
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^^^ Thanks.
UPDATE: Just had a 9 lb baby boy on Christmas Eve. Couple this with our 2 year old who demands constant attention from her Mom, and a little dog who wants his bone to be thrown 24/7 and both my wife and I are looking at each other saying, "this is going to be tough". I don't think there will be time to build a cage like I wanted. I'll be doing the head gasket and installing some sensors for downforce logging - that will wrap things up for this years prep. After that I'm hoping to just take the car to the track.
UPDATE: Just had a 9 lb baby boy on Christmas Eve. Couple this with our 2 year old who demands constant attention from her Mom, and a little dog who wants his bone to be thrown 24/7 and both my wife and I are looking at each other saying, "this is going to be tough". I don't think there will be time to build a cage like I wanted. I'll be doing the head gasket and installing some sensors for downforce logging - that will wrap things up for this years prep. After that I'm hoping to just take the car to the track.
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^^^ Thanks.
UPDATE: Just had a 9 lb baby boy on Christmas Eve. Couple this with our 2 year old who demands constant attention from her Mom, and a little dog who wants his bone to be thrown 24/7 and both my wife and I are looking at each other saying, "this is going to be tough". I don't think there will be time to build a cage like I wanted. I'll be doing the head gasket and installing some sensors for downforce logging - that will wrap things up for this years prep. After that I'm hoping to just take the car to the track.
UPDATE: Just had a 9 lb baby boy on Christmas Eve. Couple this with our 2 year old who demands constant attention from her Mom, and a little dog who wants his bone to be thrown 24/7 and both my wife and I are looking at each other saying, "this is going to be tough". I don't think there will be time to build a cage like I wanted. I'll be doing the head gasket and installing some sensors for downforce logging - that will wrap things up for this years prep. After that I'm hoping to just take the car to the track.
Congrats Jared, glad to hear you have a healthy boy and lots going on at home.
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Did a quick static load test. Put what I had laying around on it. Heavy jack stands, flywheel and clutch, and a chop saw!
Then added some tufting to go look for the angle of attack where the wing stalls. So far so good, I didn't have enough time to do anything past the level to ground test for now.
Then added some tufting to go look for the angle of attack where the wing stalls. So far so good, I didn't have enough time to do anything past the level to ground test for now.
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The Latest: I'm blogging. I'm in the process of loading the info from this build thread onto the blog so the technical content is easy to get to and in one place.
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I picked up a vinyl plotter so I can create graphics for my car. It's a tool I've almost bought a handful of times over the last few years - and I finally pulled the trigger. It's pretty cool, and I've already made lots of stickers - like prank stuff for guys at work.
Here's some for the car and the graphics concept.
The machine, with some sample stickers....
The wing with treatment.
The concept for the car.
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I picked up a vinyl plotter so I can create graphics for my car. It's a tool I've almost bought a handful of times over the last few years - and I finally pulled the trigger. It's pretty cool, and I've already made lots of stickers - like prank stuff for guys at work.
Here's some for the car and the graphics concept.
The machine, with some sample stickers....
The wing with treatment.
The concept for the car.
