Solid chunk taken out of it.
Why’d you have to remove it? i.e. is it so you can put the new one on for him, or did you just want to check it out?
That F430 is no joke.
This is pretty amazing. I have to just admire it because I couldn’t do those diffuser fins in SF. But it’s the right idea.
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And that IS a joke. I hope.
Looking back on it, what Skypilot did with the hole in his hood was extra dumb because under the hood is a high pressure zone. Over 100 MPH air enters the front grill and has to escape out of the engine bay. Poking a hole in the hood just means air exits from that point. So all that does is force hot air that’s traveled past the heat exchangers out of the hole which his open element air filter would suck in.
Getting it to my fibreglass guy to fix. He backed into a curb…
Yeah I wasn’t thinking of replacing it. Bet it’s $2000-3000…
Using a universal “scoop” reversed as a “vent” over the supercharger would actually help with airflow a lot.
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This vented hood seems legit lol http://www.aliexpress.com/store/product/CARBON-FIBER-HOOD-BONNET-WITH-VENTED-STYLE-FOR-AUDI-A4-B8-NICE-FITMENT-HIGH-QUALITY-GUARANTEED/1454952_32246532409.html
I’m letting the rear wheel wells vent into the rear bumper area. I’ve modified the rear valence accordingly to prevent it from trapping air. I need to put a 2.5" hole saw with a diamond edge on the lower painted area of the rear bumper to vent it.
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Interesting stuff west. Great posts I like the idea of the venting in the rear. Putting the porsche picture puts it into perspective and helps show the approch.
As for the hood thing and sky. I think eveyone tried to help him. I totally agree with you tho. It was more of a vent then an intake. I dont think it was helpful to him at all. Getting some of the hot air out of the engine bay espically with the supercharger will really help when tracking the car.
The idea is just to get more air to pass through the main heat exchangers. High pressure in the engine bay slows the air flow rate. Venting out the hood right after the radiator solves that problem. If I was to cut a hole in the OEM hood and cap it with a “scoop”, I’d do it over the charger because that’s a big flat area.
Speaking of Ferrari aero, I thought this was a pretty good read on the new 488 GTB.
http://www.roadandtrack.com/about/a26602/understanding-the-aerodynamic-magic-of-the-ferrari-488gtb/
Because you don’t want this to happen (sorry, I know it’s off topic, but they had a link on the same page and there is nothing better than Nurburgring crashes).
I love DTM cars.
This has been an interesting read.
Have you decided to seal off the bottom of your car front to back and go full potato with diffusers, air dams and etc?
I think I’m going to do the vented hood. I have to roll the dice with Alibaba and hope it fits well enough or I’m out $1500, because you can’t exactly return something to China. I still haven’t installed the mod bargains lip on the front. The shop around the block from me wanted to remove the whole bumper. I have to go over to my guy in Berkeley who knows what he’s doing.
I’ve been noodling a lot on the rear diffuser but haven’t arrived at any conclusions yet. It might be possible to do something like buy a secondhand R8 diffuser and slice the edges off so it would fit between the exhaust. In the process the installer would have free reign to carve into the spare tire well to mount it. I’d say this is a pretty low priority. I’d have to be really bored to go through with it. So, next year?
Sounds awesome! loved your thread on the race seat with the roll cage! Will the end game be dedicated track car or more of a road going/weekend warrior car?
Its exciting to see people on here looking to push the platform in all ways! I am evaluating rear splitters now. As for your bumper air evacuation a few of my friends who have built dedicated track cars have done drilled holes in the rear bumper to allow air to escape. On the same topic I saw this on AZ thought of your thread:
Just going for a car that I can drive to the track that will do this well: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hxIlLYEE6Jc
We have a Boxster for road trips. In 2-3 years I imagine I’ll buy another car but I’m not in a rush to. There’s a lot of nice models coming out. Can’t wait to try the C63S coupe and whatever Audi RS comes up with. I’m not impressed with the GT4 because it’s not winning any best car competitions. The M4 GTS is priced at $130k which is a joke. If I had to buy something tomorrow I’d find a midwest dealer with a GT350R allocation. If was going to spend $110k (I’m not) I’d get a 991.2 S with rear steering, the one with the 3.0L turbo motor.
Like the wheels. Hate the rest.