whats up im working on a new crx project and wanted to make a custome front lip/splitter. Has anyone seen Roger Foo's skunk 2 eg hatch, if so he has a custom front ply-wood splitter and was wondering if anyone knows and could help me figure out how to go about making one. thanks

heres a link to some pictures:
http://sportcompactcarweb.com/...civic/

 

good question bump dood...

 

Thats interesting. I've never seen plywood in that shape before, to tell you the truth. That would take a pretty radical jig to bend that plywood that shape. I don't think all that woodworking would be worth it, to tell you the truth. just get a CF or fiberglass splitter, both of those materials are lighter, and if you really wanted to..you could make your own splitter from Fiberglass, but don't look at me, I wouldn't know where to start. Plus, depending on the thickness, plywood is pretty heavy.

 

laying your own carbon fiber would be easier than making it out of plywood. It would look better too IMO. Just cut both sides of a mold out of styrefoam. then lay the cf in between and sanwich it. Then put the mold in a plastic bag and attach a vaccum to it and leave for a while. I've made a car body this way. It is very strong, very light and not hard to do.

 

thanks for the ideas guys i might try the cf and mold idea where would i go about getting cf and is it expensive?

 

If you are just making the splitter then plywood works fine, it's very light and strong and cheap. Because if you go to the road course with a splitter I gaurantee you will rip it off once or twice. I think there is a product called aluminite which you can use aswell.

 

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that's because you're not looking at plywood, it's mostly fiberglassed.
a splitter is the bottom-most piece that lays parallel to the street and/or vehicle. it sticks out .5"+ depending on how much downforce you want.

Roger Foo's setup was basically laying a piece of plywood under the car (about as far as the oil pan i'd imagine) and then using fiberglass in the front (by the bumper) to mold it and make it aerodynamic.

that's the way i see it. if i am wrong, please correct me.

EDIT: here's a rendering i made on PaintBrush. Please excuse the EP, didn't wanna spend time searching for an EG.

 

Oh..my bad. thanks for clearin' that up nerdsports, btw. I guess it would be beneficial to make the bottom peice out of plywood, it is cheap, and if you use the thin stuff I guess it wouldn't be too heavy. I would definently like to see how one of these are made close up..that'd be cool.

 

here's a great example of a splitter & airdam setup:

https://honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=1147311

notice how that bottom piece is big... thats the splitter.
it also sticks out .5" (front) and 1.5" (corners).

Good Luck.

 

hey thanks for all the advice guys im gunna try to get it started maby this weekend. the pics are are a great help, ill post some pics if it comes out good, thanks again.

 

If you are going to use plywood get some nice light birch die board. its a little more expensive but it's much nicer to work with and it's stronger than your average 1/4 luan (sp).

if you have any questions about laminating wood post em up. I've been laminting every day for the past 10 years.

 

k thanks man ill defentaly have some questions when i start the project

 

My friend made a splitter out of wood for his vette he wrapped it in sheetmetal and it looks ok but i would definatley go the cf route. Makeing the splitter would be easy and a good learning experience. For more strength you can put a layer of paper towel in between the cf layers. I did that on the car body i made and it worked well.

 

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i would use high density foam in the carbon fibre laminate, but why use carbon? E-class fibreglass will be more than enough.
stan

 

because cf has the bling factor. j/k I don't know anything about fiberglass except that it breaks easily if you would accidently, say hit cone in auto-x. Not saying that it would break but it would definatly be more prone to damage than cf. If your a good driver than i see no reason not to use fiberglass, I just dont know how to lay it. (Its probably the same as cf)

 

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that's because you're not looking at plywood, it's mostly fiberglassed.
a splitter is the bottom-most piece that lays parallel to the street and/or vehicle. it sticks out .5"+ depending on how much downforce you want.

Roger Foo's setup was basically laying a piece of plywood under the car (about as far as the oil pan i'd imagine) and then using fiberglass in the front (by the bumper) to mold it and make it aerodynamic.</TD></TR></TABLE>

you beat me to it. I almost posted to explain that...then I decided to read the entire post. if you road race, the cheaper the material the better because it will definatly only make it through one race.