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Lol, could be. But I do to think there are THAT many people willing to chop their car for it. And the ones that do dont care about a wheel well. They just want it as light as possible, so generally opt for a flat sheet. I'm tempted to go with an aluminium honeycomb sheet or carbon, although carbon is so much more expensive vs the gains and to get something as strong and light in the carbon vs the honeycomb structure would be a fortune. Ultimately I could also look at replacing the doors for GRP items too. Maybe gut the fronts and retain the steel so I can keep the electric front windows, (or manual windows) GRP rear doors and polycarbonate
I'd imagine there would be more call for a wheel well in carbon than say carbon classic wide arches or do luck style Lightning McQueen rear spoilers lol. Although yes aluminium would be far cheaper.
On another note, and I don't want to sound like I'm picking holes. It's a genuine question that I don't know the answer to but I think I've read before. Are GRP doors legal on a road car? Or is it once a cage is installed it's a different story?
Well I'm unsure on the legalities of it. However on a personal level, once the cage is in with proper bars it will be stronger than a standard door anyway.
WRC cars have to be road legal and many of those use carbon or GRP doors. They have to have tax and an MoT.
Well I'm unsure on the legalities of it. However on a personal level, once the cage is in with proper bars it will be stronger than a standard door anyway. WRC cars have to be road legal and many of those use carbon or GRP doors. They have to have tax and an MoT.
Cool, I'd imagine Andy F's does and that's road legal. I think JGM may have fitted them also.
Something ive wanted for ages but never found a solution was a front splitter to fit the Prodrive edition front bumper. I've a few ideas and the first one of those ideas arrived today.
Genuine S9 WRC dry carbon composite tarmac lip. Think this could look pretty sexy riveted to the front end.
One things for sure. Chipping out sound deadening is a bloody crap job. It's something you just need to keep going at. The cold weather certainly helped me.
Heat gun and paint scraper, takes literally seconds then
I think it looks a lot lower than it is. Believe it or not, the splitter sits only a tiny bit lower than the original lip on the bottom of the bumper. It gives the appearance that it's lower than it is.
I think it looks a lot lower than it is. Believe it or not, the splitter sits only a tiny bit lower than the original lip on the bottom of the bumper. It gives the appearance that it's lower than it is.
Optically It looks very good , all here seem to like it.
However , you might find it causes a ride problem called Porpoising if you run high spring rates this can be pretty awful. Wiki has it described.
"rocking motion, like a http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porpoise diving into and out of the sea as it swims at speed, gives the phenomenon its name. These characteristics, combined with a rock-hard suspension resulted in the cars giving an extremely unpleasant ride, so much so that Formula One world champion drivers http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mario_Andretti and Alan Jones left Formula One because of it. Ground effects were largely banned from Formula One in the early 1980s, but Group C sportscars and other racing cars continued to suffer from porpoising until better knowledge of ground effects allowed designers to minimise the problem.. "
Own experience in Mini's I finally did away with a full "Ground Hog" fiber glass front that I had fitted from a Laindon firm as it caused the car to bounce so badly, that as I turned in and came over the crest together with the negative effect of the drop into paddock bend, it invariably caused me to drift off into the gravel.
So just try it out , you will feel it oscilate the front end if you have it too low then just adjust it up a bit if you feel it starting to porpoise.
The frightening thing about it is when it happens it tends to amplify and each bounce gets worse. You will know it when it does . Best regs Ralph
Cheers for the info. As said, it's hardly lower than that of the OEM bumpers clearance so I don't expect any issues or any gains to be honest. Maybe a little less front end lift at speed?
It's 99% aesthetic.
Cheers for the info. As said, it's hardly lower than that of the OEM bumpers clearance so I don't expect any issues or any gains to be honest. Maybe a little less front end lift at speed?
It's 99% aesthetic.
Looks mean enough even just on aesthetics
I wouldnt worry about lift at speed much, I have had mine over 7000rpm here and its only 35mm lower on BCs coils , no wandering around even in a bit crosswind. Don't leave the undertray off though that does muck it up.
16 December 2014, 08:16 PM
Nice Motor.
