iRoush Posted March 21, 2013 Author Report Share Posted March 21, 2013 (edited) Stumbled across this, not a bad solution... Triangulating the trunk top to the lower edge would definitely add a lot of strength. Add some extra bracing under the trunk lid and I think this may get you the support you're looking for?Here's a through-the-trunklid style mounting idea you could go with too:the green mustang was the idea I had in my mind haha. that may work.. but how the heck does the trunk clear that? lol Edited March 21, 2013 by iRoush Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
95riosnake Posted March 22, 2013 Report Share Posted March 22, 2013 As far as the trunk clearing on the green mustang, I'm guessing its running a fiberglass trunk lid. The gray one below looks like it would clear a stock trunk lid though, obviously you'd need to drill holes through the trunk for the studs to come up through it though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iRoush Posted March 22, 2013 Author Report Share Posted March 22, 2013 As far as the trunk clearing on the green mustang, I'm guessing its running a fiberglass trunk lid. The gray one below looks like it would clear a stock trunk lid though, obviously you'd need to drill holes through the trunk for the studs to come up through it though.I read up on it, that's actual Dave martis' AIX mustang. he works at g-stream. shoulda realize it was his high liter green mustang haha. he says to remove the rubber seal that way the trunk is against the trunk metal, it all clears as long as you remove the weather strip. good news is I have tubes that are about that size from the seat tracks I made Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
95riosnake Posted March 22, 2013 Report Share Posted March 22, 2013 ^ Good deal! Can't wait to see the new stuff on your car.Are you talking about this car? Ugh...pure functional sex!STS turbo setup in the back seat! 657rwhp/575rwtq... I love this car. Dyno video:http://pi.b5z.net/i/u/1473169/i/Martis%20Mustang/dyno_run_1.wmv Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Posted March 23, 2013 Report Share Posted March 23, 2013 I want a PM !!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iRoush Posted March 23, 2013 Author Report Share Posted March 23, 2013 (edited) so looking at the same way Dave Martis mounted his wing won't work. the wing mounts are 38 1/8" apart which puts the mounts pretty far inboard. I'd have to have a wavy upright to make it work, but I could have just a bar come up from the floor of the chassis and use that as the vertical attachment point for the cross bar that secures the wing to the trunk... Edited March 24, 2013 by iRoush Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iRoush Posted March 27, 2013 Author Report Share Posted March 27, 2013 It's tonight (in Florida), where are said pics!?here ya go, the front splitter didn't come in today though The rounded side plates are unfortunately useless to me unless I got to auto club speedway, they're designed to push the rear end of the car to the left at high speed, the flat side plates are what will be used, i need the correct sized hardware for those though since the hardware they sent is for the rounded plates only. overall though I'm incredibly stoked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
95riosnake Posted March 27, 2013 Report Share Posted March 27, 2013 Functional sex!Very nice, can't wait to see it installed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Det_Riot Posted March 27, 2013 Report Share Posted March 27, 2013 So much functional sex! What you thinking of doing for the support system? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackmage Posted March 27, 2013 Report Share Posted March 27, 2013 Cmon now, because racecar you need to do this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iRoush Posted March 27, 2013 Author Report Share Posted March 27, 2013 So much functional sex! What you thinking of doing for the support system?now that the wing is here I know what I gotta do. I'm going to bolt it to the trunk lid, then create a set of L's with a vertical coming up from the floor and thena cross bar to the front of the trunk. on the cross bar I will put a set of hood pins in place to keep the trunk snug against the L brackets minimizing the chance of a cracked trunk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iRoush Posted March 28, 2013 Author Report Share Posted March 28, 2013 Cleaned up the thread for off-topic posts. Also my TEGRIS Roush-Yates Front Splitter came in today! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F8L GT Posted March 28, 2013 Report Share Posted March 28, 2013 You deleted my cot post lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
95riosnake Posted March 28, 2013 Report Share Posted March 28, 2013 Staying red I assume? haha jk Good stuff! I did some reading into Tegris a while back and it seemed the consensus was that it's an awesomely durable material but quite a few people recommended that it needs to be supported well to keep it stiff, like 5 splitter rods up front. If you look at the Nascars, they run several front splitter rods for this reason. Just a little bit of information I thought I'd pass along from the plethora of seemingly useless knowledge up in my head lol.It may be a case of not being as necessary for the lower speeds you'll be seeing, who knows. Just figured it would be worth a heads up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iRoush Posted March 28, 2013 Author Report Share Posted March 28, 2013 Staying red I assume? haha jk Good stuff! I did some reading into Tegris a while back and it seemed the consensus was that it's an awesomely durable material but quite a few people recommended that it needs to be supported well to keep it stiff, like 5 splitter rods up front. If you look at the Nascars, they run several front splitter rods for this reason. Just a little bit of information I thought I'd pass along from the plethora of seemingly useless knowledge up in my head lol.It may be a case of not being as necessary for the lower speeds you'll be seeing, who knows. Just figured it would be worth a heads up.haha yes it is.as far as the splitter rods go, I'm definitely aware. the splitter came with the 5 rods and I intended on using all 5. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
95riosnake Posted March 28, 2013 Report Share Posted March 28, 2013 That's gonna look hardcore as fuck! :drinktothat: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iRoush Posted March 28, 2013 Author Report Share Posted March 28, 2013 That's gonna look hardcore as fuck! :drinktothat:Thanks man. now it's all a matter of measuring everything for both the wing and splitter. The splitter will be easiest to put on. drill a couple holes and good to go. The wing I'm going to have to make my own wing uprights for. I've already determined it's 14" from the rear trunk to the roof line vertically. The wing uprights they gave me are 8" long diagonally. Going to see what I can come up with as far as uprights go in the next couple days. I'm thinking a triangle is my best bet for rigidity and aerodynamic efficiency. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pushrod91 Posted March 28, 2013 Report Share Posted March 28, 2013 Have fun with that. Sent from my DROID RAZR using Tapatalk 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LilRoush Posted March 28, 2013 Report Share Posted March 28, 2013 The rounded side plates are unfortunately useless to me unless I got to auto club speedway, they're designed to push the rear end of the car to the left at high speed, the flat side plates are what will be used, i need the correct sized hardware for those though since the hardware they sent is for the rounded plates only. overall though I'm incredibly stoked.But think of the street application. You could nail it and hit all those yellow lights in the left hand turn lanes and stay planted better! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iRoush Posted March 29, 2013 Author Report Share Posted March 29, 2013 But think of the street application. You could nail it and hit all those yellow lights in the left hand turn lanes and stay planted better!haha, in all seriousness it will definitely be awesome to have these end plates on the car at auto club speedways road course. I wonder how big of a difference i'll notice..In other news, I picked up the hardware i needed for the wing, me being the Idiot I am though, completely forgot the hardware i needed for my splitter, so that'll have to be a project for another day... but here's the wing fully assembled with the flat end plates, the standard cot wing uprights and mounting plates (the uprights and plates will not be used, will have to make my own). This is at full Angle of Attack (AOA) on the 16 Degrees of adjustment on the wing:This AOA will be amazing for autocross, it'll push the car down at low speed since the AOA is at such an extreme angle! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F8L GT Posted March 29, 2013 Report Share Posted March 29, 2013 curious to see how much they help out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LilRoush Posted March 29, 2013 Report Share Posted March 29, 2013 Someone stole your socks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iRoush Posted April 7, 2013 Author Report Share Posted April 7, 2013 Made the wing uprights today, also started the mounting brackets, going to have them welded up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pushrod91 Posted April 7, 2013 Report Share Posted April 7, 2013 :rain: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OnyxCobra Posted April 7, 2013 Report Share Posted April 7, 2013 good lord that's massive dude. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Det_Riot Posted April 7, 2013 Report Share Posted April 7, 2013 Holy fucking racecar. was gonna ask about all the holes but I answered my own question kol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iRoush Posted April 7, 2013 Author Report Share Posted April 7, 2013 Title of the thread is functional wing thread. Doesn't have to be pretty so long as it works!!And yes all the holes are for adjustability. Over 16 degrees of adjustment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LilRoush Posted April 9, 2013 Report Share Posted April 9, 2013 Looks like R A C E C A R. I love it. good lord that's massive dude.That's what she said. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
95riosnake Posted April 9, 2013 Report Share Posted April 9, 2013 This is so damn gangster, I love it!I like the "Dodge All the Cones!" decal on the front bumper too :thumb:Now I know where your avatar comes from lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the.greg Posted April 9, 2013 Report Share Posted April 9, 2013 Reminds me an awful lot of a 2000 R spoiler Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iRoush Posted April 9, 2013 Author Report Share Posted April 9, 2013 Looks like R A C E C A R. I love it. Thanks bud!This is so damn gangster, I love it!I like the "Dodge All the Cones!" decal on the front bumper too :thumb:Now I know where your avatar comes from lolThanks man and yup! I wanted something humorous on the car haha.Reminds me an awful lot of a 2000 R spoilerA wider and adjustable version but yeah it's not far off from it.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iRoush Posted April 9, 2013 Author Report Share Posted April 9, 2013 Test mounting the mounting plates and wing uprights. the trunk withstood me jumping on it, I think we're good to go haha. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
95riosnake Posted April 9, 2013 Report Share Posted April 9, 2013 Are the uprights steel or aluminum? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iRoush Posted April 9, 2013 Author Report Share Posted April 9, 2013 Are the uprights steel or aluminum?Went with steel. The original uprights that were used on the COT car are steel so I figure there must be a reason why they went with steel versus aluminum and didnt want to chance it. regardless the entire wing with mounting plates and uprights only weighs 15lbs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
95riosnake Posted April 9, 2013 Report Share Posted April 9, 2013 Not bad, I was just wondering. That isn't super heavy gauge steel so the weight increase over aluminum is negligible. Plus to have the same strength in aluminum you'd need to go thicker, so the weight savings wouldn't be much over steel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pushrod91 Posted April 9, 2013 Report Share Posted April 9, 2013 Ray Charles welded that crap!! PfffttttttSent from my DROID RAZR using Tapatalk 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WildWillyWalker Posted April 9, 2013 Report Share Posted April 9, 2013 Dem pieces is huge! I can't wait to see action shots of your car with the new get-up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iRoush Posted April 9, 2013 Author Report Share Posted April 9, 2013 Dem pieces is huge! I can't wait to see action shots of your car with the new get-up.April 28th is a regional championship. I'll be damned if I don't at least get a podium finish! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iRoush Posted April 9, 2013 Author Report Share Posted April 9, 2013 Ray Charles welded that crap!! PfffttttttSent from my DROID RAZR using Tapatalk 2at least it wasn't Beethoven :look: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smallblocksn95 Posted April 9, 2013 Report Share Posted April 9, 2013 April 28th is a regional championship. I'll be damned if I don't at least get a podium finish!good luck man Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
