More Aero Mods

[TuxMan]

A good friend of mine is AERO expert (he has a fancy title to his name !!) and over a few beers a while ago we got to discussing the aerodynamics of a Noble .....after a while he lost me !!! but he agreed to have a play with the Noble , i supplied him with all the aero info i could get and today he came round with some odd stuff that he sprayed all over the front of the car we then went for a blast !! the yellow stuff ran all over the car from front to back and with the info that Adrian got from the wind tunnel he came up with a couple of mods !!! so out with the jigsaw and the sheet alloy and job done !!! do they do any good ?? who,s knows but the theory is there :-) roll on Silverstone !!!














he has also advised me to raise the rear wing 40mm and fit small deflectors to direct the air around the tyre's !! more jobs :-) good job i,m on holiday !!!

Edited by TuxMan on Tuesday 17th August 18:07

[ThatPhilBrettGuy]

Using the dye method is great for seeing where the air's going. Problem is you've no idea how much extra drag you're creating and if you're really adding downforce (if that's what you're trying to do).

Like the look of the endplates though!

[snuffy]

If you remove the dog-ends from the front grill it goes faster

[funkybmx1]

They wasn't mine. Looking good mate

[TuxMan]

Dogends are Grants !!keeping them safe from spa so i can dump them in his car at silverstone :-)

Phil , ends plates should create a bit of downforce as well as controling the air over the wing better , the front scoops are to steer the air towards the rear scoops !! which had NO fluid on them after the first air flow test !!!! should also make the front spliter a bit more effient but that will need extending forward another 30mm ...at least !!

Not too worried about extra drag the engine is well capable of dealing with it !!! more concerned with ME keeping it on the track :-)

Edited by TuxMan on Tuesday 17th August 19:17

[funkybmx1]

Oh don't be like that simon lol. Plus can't be mine I don't smoke

[hoyin]

Nice I love the fact that it now looks like your car can now kill people.

Your hand craft skills are awesome. As always I am very impressed - I don't however understand how you have so much time though.

Hoyin

[Gadgeroonie]

yep well done tux

like the spoiler end plates - good job, how much would you charge for a pair ?

you are quite handy with a bit of sheet metal !

make sure you take your shins off with the end plates on the front splitter !

[wessexrfc]

Tux, your local farmers are going to love you, driving down those tight lanes and cutting the hedges as you go, one job they don't have to do, nice one. Your own bush trimming Nob lol, keep up the good work mate

[andygtt]

TuxMan said:

the front scoops are to steer the air towards the rear scoops !! which had NO fluid on them after the first air flow test !!!!

told ya lol

[TuxMan]

Thanks alot guys , I'm on holiday at the moment so have got some spare time :-)
Gadge , don,t know mate alloy cost about £25 took me about 1 hour to make so I guess about £50 for the pair , going to get them anodised black to match wing , don,t know how much that will cost though . Tux

[Gadgeroonie]

Tux,

i would like a pair please if you have time

anodised black would look great - you could always just hammerite smooth them

( I have an alternative design for the spoiler tips if you fancy a different design - whats the best email addr for you ?)

[Gadgeroonie]

p.s - do you fancy making some brackets to raise the wing 40 mm

and maybe a stick on gurney strip on the back of the wing ?

[jdearden]

tux a group buy on your engineering skills would be a great idea. lol. i would love a set of you wing ends they look awsome

[TuxMan]

Ha ha guys you all want to keep me busy !! let me find out how much to get them anadised black then i will do a few sets !!

Gadge e-mail is [e-mail]

[Jim O.]

You could also have them powdercoated in black - might be less expensive than anodizing...

[GC1]

what about carbon wrap ? cheap,quick easy

[Blu3R]

GC1 said:

what about carbon wrap ? cheap,quick easy

... and slightly more stone chip friendly!

[mgbond]

I would take some in carbon wrap

Bondy

[BobE]

Great for track use but I would think illegal under `construction and use` regulations for the road due to sharp edges etc. From memory you need a minimum radius of 2.5mm which means you need to make them from 5mm sheet (minimum) and fully radius the edges.