Front Splitter - picture?
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t to do with down force or anything else it only stops hot air flow stalling in the engine compartment. it disrubts the air flow and allows the hot air to be deflected to the underside of the car and allows the radiator to be cooled
I had my son who works with an F1 team make mine. I fitted it right across i think about 33" wide at the very back of the flat grp panel befor the engine bay and as close to the centre of the wheels as possible so it went up over bumps along with the wheels. It was an 1 1/2" flat with three pop rivets one each end and one in the middle. I made the angle about 20 degrees and the same 1 1/2" I am going to recut it to about an 1" just for those dam bumps as it brings my ground clearence down to 3 1/2" It really does work well and now get no bonnet movement at all.
will do although this picture has it the other way round which i am still not sure works better but will tend to catch more but will post it. When i am back in the Uk in a few weeks I am going to get my lad to trim it and fit the otherway and see what difference it makes
that shows it from the back looking forward when i had it facing fwrd it was just a little long and caught any low bump the next pic shows it a bit better on the car
this is taken from the front and i put it right at the back of the grp flat befor it goes into the engine bay and its just about level with each wheel so will go up over bumps along with them. After I did this I drove from Oxford to London (not slowly) and as we all have done forgot to lock the bonnet and it did not move at all in fact I reckon there had to be a negitive airflow efect in the engine compartment as there is no way the bonnet did not even move at all and I have a lightweight so its very flexible. Anyway will cut and refit it and see the difference. Hope that helps??
that shows it from the back looking forward when i had it facing fwrd it was just a little long and caught any low bump the next pic shows it a bit better on the car
this is taken from the front and i put it right at the back of the grp flat befor it goes into the engine bay and its just about level with each wheel so will go up over bumps along with them. After I did this I drove from Oxford to London (not slowly) and as we all have done forgot to lock the bonnet and it did not move at all in fact I reckon there had to be a negitive airflow efect in the engine compartment as there is no way the bonnet did not even move at all and I have a lightweight so its very flexible. Anyway will cut and refit it and see the difference. Hope that helps??
CarbonAl still has the molds so they can still be made, either glass or carbon. Not just a stick on job though, needs some bodyshop work. The front chin has to be sanded back and recessed so the splitter sits flush with the rest of the chin.
You can see where the join is in this mock up, the splitter is 'kind of' wedge shape.
And when its finished and blended it looks like this.
Just spoken to my mate who works for Alan, they are extremely busy at the moment so maybe something for the new year, PM me if interested.
http://www.carboncerbie.com/index.htm
Rich.
You can see where the join is in this mock up, the splitter is 'kind of' wedge shape.
And when its finished and blended it looks like this.
Just spoken to my mate who works for Alan, they are extremely busy at the moment so maybe something for the new year, PM me if interested.
http://www.carboncerbie.com/index.htm
Rich.
Thanks for the replies guys and certainly looks good - although I've just worked out that living in central London it might not be the most praticle addition to my Cerb as it will probably be scrapped by the first set of speed bumps I meet!
That aside, it looks fantastic so will be in touch with them in the new year - thanks again for the piccys :-)
Alex
That aside, it looks fantastic so will be in touch with them in the new year - thanks again for the piccys :-)
Alex
Sorry lads,
somehow I missed this thread originally, despite that first photo having been taken by me.
The standard deflector almost never hits anything as long as at least one of the front wheels goes over the obstacle.
Its placement is so close to the front axle axis that it is cleared by normal wheel travel (235/35 x 18). The usual thing for me to scrape is the mid-front/rear axle chassis tubes.
( I say 'normal', of course, because I did rip it off on a Car Park kerb - Christ knows how ! )
ETA
Saw this as a splitter which I thought 'looked' good....
Oh, and one final thing. I was told by the Service manager of a respected Independant that the spoiler on a Chimp IS mounted the other way round to a Cerb which has caused some closing-time arguments in the past..
HTH
somehow I missed this thread originally, despite that first photo having been taken by me.
The standard deflector almost never hits anything as long as at least one of the front wheels goes over the obstacle.
Its placement is so close to the front axle axis that it is cleared by normal wheel travel (235/35 x 18). The usual thing for me to scrape is the mid-front/rear axle chassis tubes.
( I say 'normal', of course, because I did rip it off on a Car Park kerb - Christ knows how ! )
ETA
Saw this as a splitter which I thought 'looked' good....
Oh, and one final thing. I was told by the Service manager of a respected Independant that the spoiler on a Chimp IS mounted the other way round to a Cerb which has caused some closing-time arguments in the past..
HTH
Edited by Mr Cerbera on Thursday 9th December 15:58
Mr Cerbera said:
Oh, and one final thing. I was told by the Service manager of a respected Independant that the spoiler on a Chimp IS mounted the other way round to a Cerb which has caused some closing-time arguments in the past..
So, which way is correct for the Cerb?Edited by Mr Cerbera on Thursday 9th December 15:58
itiejim said:
Mr Cerbera said:
Oh, and one final thing. I was told by the Service manager of a respected Independant that the spoiler on a Chimp IS mounted the other way round to a Cerb which has caused some closing-time arguments in the past..
So, which way is correct for the Cerb?Edited by Mr Cerbera on Thursday 9th December 15:58
Anyone still after one I still have a few left in 316 stainless steel and aluminium. See Classifieds section.
Regards
Simon
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