Front Splitter Advice Wanted

[356Speedster]

Evening all. I've been considering a splitter for a while (not sure whether to make or buy one at the min, but that's another story), but the thing that always put me off is the clamshell opening.

My clam is only a few mm from the floor when it open, so there's obviously no room for a splitter. I see plenty of cars with splitters, so I'm assuming there are fixes for this. My clam is std, on std rose joint hinges with the std retaining bar on the between the clam & diagonal chassis bar.

I can't afford a lovely SS front end at the moment (money needs to go into other things on the car first!).... My thoughts are I could move the retaining bar to restrict the clam's opening as an easy fix, but has anyone else found a more elegant fix. A cantilever hinge would be awesome, if anyone has made one / knows a supplier?? Any thoughts guys?

[V8Dom]

i think front clam doesnt open as far, so the holding open mech must be fitted a different way

splitter on mine and just touches when open fully

dom

[Racingroj]

Hi Mark
I have a front splitter which was on the car when I bought it. I believe, as Dom said, that the opening is restricted a bit. The mech that holds it open must be a bit shorter. There is one of the guys I met at Stoneleigh with a black GTR that has made a new front opening mech similar to SS and it looked extremely professional. He'd also made a fixed splinter same as SS to go with it. The splitter on my car is made from the special ply that is used for trailer bases with a carbon sheet over it. It actually looks like a Carbon splitter so I think it would be quite easy to make one cheaply.

[356Speedster]

Thanks for the nod, Roj!

Who's was the black GTR at Stoneleigh then? Hopefully someone on here? I'd really like to get a better hinge to allow the clam to open fully with a splitter and not hit the floor!

[UltimaCH]

Didn't CJulian in the US do something elegant to solve this problem?

Searched and found some threads:
http://www.pistonheads.com/GASSING/topic.asp?h=0&a...
http://www.pistonheads.com/GASSING/topic.asp?h=0&a...
http://www.pistonheads.com/Gassing/topic.asp?h=27&...

Many more on Google search

Edited by UltimaCH on Saturday 13th June 13:28

[356Speedster]

Something like the CJulian hinge would be perfect....


Has anyone managed to do something similar? If anyone with an SS front end could take some pics of their hinge to share, it'd be great to compare too. I know there are more chassis / clam mods there, but it'd be good to compare.

[F.C.]

Mr Julian offered the drawings for this a long time ago, I contacted him but got no reply

[V8Dom]

F.C. said:

Mr Julian offered the drawings for this a long time ago, I contacted him but got no reply

me too. i asked a few times...:0(