You guys inspire me. Thanks to Scott (Roadracer) for the inspiration , I followed his lead and made a front splitter for the Civic. This is the first prototype and it went together really well. If it breaks, I'll opt for slightly thicker material next time. The 96" strip of ABS plastic was purchased locally for a whopping $6.55. "L" brackets were used on the backside prevent it from folding under at speed.



A few more pictures are;

here
here
and here



[Modified by johng, 7:05 PM 11/7/2001]

 

Looks good!

 

"L" brackets are illegal in any sanctioned racing happening in NA. Take your "L" to the UTCC where they belong!

Victor Penner

 

You MUST be kidding. Any more thoughts of WC for you Victor?

 

Looks very familiar....





Will
-who likes cheap air moving devices

 

Your's looks formed to fit the Integra. Either that, or it's that plastic carpet molding material. Looks very good.

BTW, What kind of beer is in the last picture, bottom shelf, 11th in from the left? I think I can identify a few Pyramid and Sam Adams bottles.

John -- who likes beer

 

He's got the -97 front end grafted on his Type-R. Black and Yellow, looks nice. Now all that is missing is a tiiite CF hood!

 

Let's clear up something here. A "splitter" is an aerodynamic device that is a sort of blade that sticks horizontally forward through the air. Since most automobiles are blunt in shape, there is a high pressure stagnation zone that forms at the nose. The splitter uses that high pressure to exert downward force on its upper surface.

What you've created is an airdam. It directs air up and to the side rather than underneath the car. It creates a low pressure wake behind and under the car, which reduces lift.

Even better is to have both.

 

Lawn edging... kinda pricey.. but hey my car is worth $8.

Bottom shelf.... 11th from left = Moosehead Ice.

Better beir picture: http://www.imagestation.com/picture/...7.jpg.orig.jpg

Will
-who also like beir.

 

Ahh....thanks for the clarification Gansan.

 

I agree with gansan... a "splitter" is virtually horizontal and looks more like this one, on JAG Motorsports' recently-sold M3 track toy:








What you guys did is great and very useful, but it is an airdam instead of a splitter.

Jon
I pop-rivets!

 

I have Got to do something like that to my car.. The front lip is about 6-8 inches above the ground and I really can' afford the only splitter made..

 

Yes, its comes off.. I'll have to make that a winter project.. =~)

 

I gotta look into one of these carbon fiber babies....

 

woohoo, another splitter! Sure the 'Lude doesn't have some surface perpendicular to the ground that an airdam could be mounted to?

 

That WRX was pitted next to me at the last TCRA/USTCC event. The guy showed me how the splitter was so strong, you could stand on the edge and jump up and down. There is a nicely fabricated steel frame that attaches it to the chassis. The undertray doesn't go back very far though.



[Modified by Gansan, 2:13 PM 11/8/2001]