I didn’t think it was possible to pull the front wheel up on a spec e30. I guess it is. These guy’s took some really good pic’s.
Cool picture from VIR
beemelfer
#2
That is a great pic Mike!! I hope to get in on some of these soon. Hey, interpret the look on the instructor’s face for me wouldya? :laugh:
Greg
To finish first, first you have to finish.
edavidson
#4
Greg,
That would be fear. I am the instructor - Mike’s dad. And yes, I have made him pucker up a few times as well!:ohmy:
Ed
beemelfer
#5
Hey Ed…
I applaud both of you!! Father and son in RACING Driver’s Ed??? You guys must have a great relationship…or else you don’t have mikes in your helmets!! Most parents/kids don’t speak for days after street driving lessons in the Church parking lot.
Good on ya,
Greg
Igor
#6
nice pic ! I would like to know a bit more how you made that from air dam (i think I remember seeing thread about it but can’t find it).
igor
MikeD
#7
Igor wrote:
[quote]nice pic ! I would like to know a bit more how you made that from air dam (i think I remember seeing thread about it but can’t find it).
igor[/quote]
Ric bergstrom fabricated it out of abs plastic. He got the plastic from a go-kart track. It’s what they use as the gardrails. You just heat it up and form it to the car and then drill your holes and put in your fasteners. I’ll let ric give some more detail on the whole process. It is wicked strong though!
30SpecE30
#8
HDPE plastic. If I remember it is about 1/2 inch thick. It came from Gforce in Richmond. They are a go kart track and they used it to line the track so it is tough as hell but flexible. It is black all the way through so no scratches show.
Used Stainless steel bolts with large fender washers and nylock nuts.
Cut it to the approximate height I wanted and length. Mounted it to the car across the front, then gently heated with a heat gun on the corner until it got soft enough to bend. Bent it and mounted the corner and sides.
Then took a sawzall and trimmed to match the wheel opening.
Used a hole saw for the oil cooler holes.
At first it was too deep so I trimmed it of by marking it and cutting it while I laid in front of the car. It was still a bit too long, but no longer dragged much so I let it become "self adjusting"…with mike driving I am sure it is now completely "self adjusted".
I curbed it, ran it off road and it never cracked. It is at least 4 years old.
And does look cool if I do say so myself.
I never tried to find a local source, but I would imagine any decent size town has a plastics supplier.
Carter
#11
30SpecE30 wrote:
[quote]HDPE plastic. If I remember it is about 1/2 inch thick. It came from Gforce in Richmond. They are a go kart track and they used it to line the track so it is tough as hell but flexible. It is black all the way through so no scratches show.
Used Stainless steel bolts with large fender washers and nylock nuts.
Cut it to the approximate height I wanted and length. Mounted it to the car across the front, then gently heated with a heat gun on the corner until it got soft enough to bend. Bent it and mounted the corner and sides.
Then took a sawzall and trimmed to match the wheel opening.
Used a hole saw for the oil cooler holes.
At first it was too deep so I trimmed it of by marking it and cutting it while I laid in front of the car. It was still a bit too long, but no longer dragged much so I let it become "self adjusting"…with mike driving I am sure it is now completely "self adjusted".
I curbed it, ran it off road and it never cracked. It is at least 4 years old.
And does look cool if I do say so myself.
I never tried to find a local source, but I would imagine any decent size town has a plastics supplier.[/quote]
A perfect example of cheap and effective…and good looking too.
The Spec E30 way.
Carter
30SpecE30
#13
Keep that car away from the collagen injections:
http://www.awfulplasticsurgery.com/archives/cat_bad_collagen_in_lips.html