Well this week I cough the modding bug again. there is so little left to mod that I am only left with hard projects. I came up with two ideas, a nose cone for my car of a belly pan from the back axle to my boat tail.
I decided today that I would work on the belly pan as that has been a project I have tried several times and not gotten to work. I also had the car up on a lift this weekend when I got tires (the store was not busy so I had some time to look and think though how I wanted to attach the belly pan). Hurray for car hoists.
This time I decided that I would not try to do the project so cheep that it failed. So I stopped by my local steel store today and bought some 3/4: square tube for a frame and a sheet of 24ga steel for the smooth sections.
Tonight I started cutting and welding the frame together. I am designing it so that it attaches by two bolts in the front (pictures 1-4) and then to the tail in the back.
For the front edge I am planning on angling it up 6-8 inches so that it forces all the air down and under. I would go right over the axle but I saw when it was on the lift that it comes down 3-4 inches below the rest of the car :
(. The rest of the underside is relatively smooth and the level of the new pan will match this height. This will leave the axle in the way only when going over bumps. the last 2 pics have the angled support pieces up on top.
Here are some pictures of what I got done tonight:
My main mounting point:
With first piece in place (temp bolted until I get the right ones)
With front edge pieces and side arms welded and painted:
To attach the sheet metal to the frame I am thinking of pre drilling and using sheet metal screws. ideas?
I am thinking that the sides will need to be brought up so that water and snow do not build up on top of the belly pan.