Splitter Fixing

[TPO]

Just put my splitter back on using Rawlnuts. Strange name but basically a rubber sleeve with a flange at one end, a nut at the other and a screw up the middle. When you tighten it the rubber expands to fill the hole the screws make when they get ripped out and the rest bulges out like a big rubber pop rivet. If you don't do them up too tight the splitter is able to move when it hits the ground.

Let you know how long it lasts.

Cheers
T

[tonto]

Does the Splitter still rest against the fibreglass or is there a slight gap now?
I've made a slight modification to mine, I've bent the splitter so its slightly straighter, ie doesn't hang down so much. So far so good, I've bashed it a few times, but its still on !

[tpo]

Hi Tonto, The flange on the Rawlnut is about 1mm thick so there is a slight gap. The bodywork is not flat so I shaped the splitter to fit so there are still some bigger gaps. I also chamfered the bottom of the leading edge so it would slide rather than dig in. I didn't think of flattening it that would undoubtably reduce the tendancy for it to go into chisel mode!

While I was thinking about this I did contemplate a simple strip of hardwood to perform the dual function of "sacrificial bumpstop" and "spoiler" and cut a piece off the splitter to mount behind the vent slots to assist cooling. By the time I had decided whether this would work I had fitted the original one back on!

Cheers
T

[Seasider]

Might be of interest to you guys....

www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&f=13&t=133787

>> Edited by Seasider on Wednesday 15th December 11:49

[tpo]

Hmmm, little vacuum powered gas strut and a valve wired to the speed sensor cct and you could really have something here ;-) Or how about a radar bump detector attached to your active suspension ..... No too silly.

Cheers
T

[Seasider]

tpo said:

Hmmm, little vacuum powered gas strut and a valve wired to the speed sensor cct and you could really have something here ;-) T

I've settled for clipped up about town & down if out on a drive
Seems to have worked ok so far...
Apart from the pheasant which i couldn't avoid as on coming cars negated the use of the other side of the road

[tpo]

Hi Seasider, I put a roller blind on my Grantura radiator many years ago. It was a kit from Halfords or somewhere like that in the days before thermostats. Pulled up by string with a piece of chain through a keyhole under the dash so you could adjust it. Big problem was anything over 10 mph and the wind pressure stopped it going down again so I slowed down waited for the clunk as the spring rewound it before accelerating.

The point of this rambling is maybe you could use a cable to operate the splitter, that way you can test the effect on both temperature and aerodynamics, errr dynamically.

Cheers
T

>> Edited by tpo on Thursday 16th December 09:49

[Tam Lin]

Seasider said:

Might be of interest to you guys....

On the Cerb, which has a similar arrangement, I've taken to putting the plastic slide-on spines that are used to hold A4 presentations together (at all good Stationers': Durable brand "Spine Bars", come in various colours) on the bottom edge of the splitter.
This has two functions:

1) They take the brunt of the impact from typical speed-bumps, and avoid the "chewed" appearance the splitter edge gets otherwise
2) Gives harmless pleasure to Chavs, who no doubt imagine the black bits flying off are expensive Carbon Fibre, rather than 20p bits of stationery.

[Seasider]

tpo said:

The point of this rambling is maybe you could use a cable to operate the splitter, that way you can test the effect on both temperature and aerodynamics, errr dynamically. Cheers T

Must admit i was not thinking of taking that sort of leap in technology
But as its absolutely Pg down outside you might have a point about not needing to get out of the car ......