We're almost done with the diffuser...Dejan Matic, a friend of mine from when I was on the UTA FSAE race team, did the design work. Dejan is incredible at aerodynamics. These pictures are taken at Decatur Machine and shows the machining of the plug that we're using to build the mold of the rear floor. I'll post more pics as we continue.

 

W0W...I'm jealous....keep up the good work guys...

stan

 

dam i wish i knew what i was looking at

hey can u explain what that is im looking at


Modified by jdmchop at 7:10 PM 2/16/2004

 

A few more....the plug is now finished

 

Is the "plug" used as a mold or guide to building the actual diffuser??...or is this what will be used?

 

This plug is used to build the mold off of. The outside of the wood will be the inner layer of the diffuser. The wood represents the empty volume of the diffuser.

 

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Oh ok..thanks for the clarification...looks good

 

Will you guys use carbon fiber or some other sort of composite ?

 

Good stuff...I wish I got to machine cool stuff like that all day.

 

$20,000???? Or so I hear rumors of.... OUCH!!!

 

Can't belive everything you hear! More like a quarter of that...

 

wow 5g'z for a custom air difiuser.... pssss thats nothing. i honnestley thought it would be more like what was beeing speculated.

 

It really isn't alot for what it is. It's carbon composite and it will be integrated into the carbon floor...

 

why not just make it out of sheetmetal?

 

weight

 

you're right, rado's wallet is too heavy. this'll help lighten it.

 

Wow, I wished I had money like this.

 

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F1 teams probably spend that much on lug nuts and you dont talk **** about them..

 

With all that techonolgy in Rado's car it SHOULD kick everyone's but this season.

 

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wtf? someone has no sense of humor. i'm not talking ****, i could care less what chris spends his money on, i was just kidding.

 

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There are very precise compound curves in it that would be very hard to achieve with sheetmetal. And to have sheetmetal as stiff as the carbon will be would require more than "sheet" metal and would be very heavy. Does Ferrari use sheetmetal for their diffusers? Does anyone use sheetmetal for a diffuser??

 

I think $5k for everything is more than fair. Especially with the right tooling which it looks like you have. Can't wait to see this car run! Will this increase downforce at the rear at all? Maybe some added stability?

 

hay tony hows the 20000.00 diffuser coming

 

$5k, and it's at the carbon place getting made...

 

i know just trying to get some s--- started