Aluminum lower air dam.
This weekend while tinkering around, I found some aluminum diamond plate I'd been saving for a 'rainy day'. Meanwhile, I noticed my lower air dam has been trashed by parking stops and the like sooo...
I designed a lower air dam out of aluminum plate. The leading edge is a little shorter than stock and the trailing edge a little longer, but with less angle.
It seems to me this air dam is supposed to foil incoming air to create a vacuum and 'suck' air from the space between the radiator fan and the motor. So, I designed based on that theory.
I put it on, and of course, shiney is beautiful. I tested a couple of my known 'catcher' parking stops and wala! No scrapes. The final test was riding up to Reinhart's (about 3.5 hrs). The water temp ran about 1-1.5 needle widths (I know, real scientifical...) lower than the normal average.
So far, looks great, clears curbs and cools better. I made another and have a prototype on it's way to a supercharged friend to make sure it's all good with SC cars, too.
No pics, yet, but I got a ton of pics to take and will include when I get to it.
Magindat: (majin-dat) Imagine That.
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