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#1761
I made front tire spats for my NB. I wanted to see if covering more of the front tire would reduce drag. I don't run a splitter.
I took a trip to Miami with them on, and took them off for the return trip home. Each drive began with a full tank. The drive with the spats on cost me 1.5mpg, and the front end tended to yaw more. Interestingly enough, I did notice a change in wind noise by the A pillar. It seemed quieter.
Being that spats are pretty much a flat wall for air to move around, they're not very efficient. If you're looking for downforce, it can be implemented well into a splitter to cause the air to stagnate and produce more pressure on the corners of your splitter, but I wouldn't use large ones.
I took a trip to Miami with them on, and took them off for the return trip home. Each drive began with a full tank. The drive with the spats on cost me 1.5mpg, and the front end tended to yaw more. Interestingly enough, I did notice a change in wind noise by the A pillar. It seemed quieter.
Being that spats are pretty much a flat wall for air to move around, they're not very efficient. If you're looking for downforce, it can be implemented well into a splitter to cause the air to stagnate and produce more pressure on the corners of your splitter, but I wouldn't use large ones.
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Vintage, I appreciate your efforts but there are too many variables unaccounted for in your test. Not the least of which would be direction and speed of prevailing winds on both trips. Being in Florida we commonly have a seven to ten mile an hour breeze and directions and intensities change as the afternoon seabreeze interacts with the prevailing winds.
#1768
Since I in the middle of nowhere my material selection is kinda limited. I have found no honeycomb panels but I did find this aluminum/plastic/aluminum sandwich panel. it is RIGID and I suspect it will stand up to both the elements and track abuse. But how heavy are the plywood splitters so I have some kind of a reference point?
#1771
Agreed. Weaker and far heavier than Alumalite. Probably about the same yield and modulus as birch but twice as heavy. I bought a small sheet of dibond to experiment with and... jeebus it's dense.
There are sign supply companies that will ship Alumalite. One option for folks not near major urban areas is to see if any other local racers want to share shipping costs for a few 4x8's of 10mm for splitters.
There are sign supply companies that will ship Alumalite. One option for folks not near major urban areas is to see if any other local racers want to share shipping costs for a few 4x8's of 10mm for splitters.
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#1777
It seems that Young Modulus is hard to come by for most materials so it is always worth asking. Emilio, Ryan and Moti have experimented so much you can almost guarantee they have tried it.
#1778
I set out to try and build a compendium of such information a while back it has been viewed but only commented on by me. See here
It seems that Young Modulus is hard to come by for most materials so it is always worth asking. Emilio, Ryan and Moti have experimented so much you can almost guarantee they have tried it.
It seems that Young Modulus is hard to come by for most materials so it is always worth asking. Emilio, Ryan and Moti have experimented so much you can almost guarantee they have tried it.
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