05-06-2012, 10:59 PM
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Cutting conveyor belting is about as much fun as cutting up a car tire.
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05-08-2012, 09:48 PM
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Got my belt today. Of course it's raining now so can't do anything. Had no problem cutting it, though think I'll lay everything out and run it through the bandsaw at work tomorrow.
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05-09-2012, 08:41 AM
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RE: The last two images on the last page of the link above.
I've thought of doing that, but on the 4WD S-10 this is where the oil filter is. It's already hard enough to access the filter with the added chin spoiler I have.
The pool noodle experiment was interesting, to bad it didn't stay on for long.
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05-09-2012, 10:03 AM
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Just found the thread, read through. Sorry to say but *I* think you nailed the proper height with Mk 1 air dam. Good work!
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05-09-2012, 10:08 AM
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Just found the thread, read through. Sorry to say but *I* think you nailed the proper height with Mk 1 air dam. Good work!
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Thanks, was intuition and shear luck! When I checked the ground clearance to the driveway of MkI it was only 1/4" above. So I worked a bit backwards inasmuch as I should have checked the clearance first (measure twice, cut once), but I got away with it in a roundabout way. |
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05-09-2012, 11:25 PM
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RE: The last two images on the last page of the link above.
I've thought of doing that, but on the 4WD S-10 this is where the oil filter is. It's already hard enough to access the filter with the added chin spoiler I have.
The pool noodle experiment was interesting, to bad it didn't stay on for long.
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How low can you go? 
The added lawn edging isn't improving on my MPGs...at least with city driving. It's rather interesting that it only scrapes a little here or there. Gonna give it 2 more tanks of gas to show me some improvement before I pull it off... 
I might consider just keeping the lawn edging in front of the tires...
You might want to consider a remote mount of yer oil filter. It would give you the best of two worlds...easy access and air flow management. 
The pool noodle was just an attempt at a low cost lower air dam. It was fun but it didn't show me the improvement I would've liked to have seen...
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05-12-2012, 12:41 AM
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05-12-2012, 02:45 AM
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Which reminds me...I have a really dumb problem. As this is a budget project and for now I haven't budgeted chassis stands to raise the car up while I'm working on the front, how are you guys doing any drilling under the car? My electric drill is too tall! I chucked my drill bit into my dremel and even that has way too much height for me to drill perpendicular into the underside of the car. I can remove my CF infill panel and drill off the car, but with my intention to extend the airdam I'm going to have to drill "in situ" utilizing hardpoints that are existing or that I bond/mount to the underside of the car...any thoughts?
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I know you're done with extending the air dam, but since I didn't see anyone else answer... Do you have (or can you get) some scrap wood blocks (2x6 for instance) that you can drive up on? If you get several of varying lengths (3', 2.5', 2', etc), you can stagger them (screwed / glued together) so it's possible to drive up the blocks to a height that you need (one set of blocks for each side) ... cheap and safe (obviously you still need to use wheel chocks etc.). Similar to this:
Or of course you can just get some Rhino Ramps or similar.
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05-12-2012, 04:17 PM
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The productionized air dam looks really good. Is it any lower than your cf one?
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05-12-2012, 05:19 PM
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The productionized air dam looks really good. Is it any lower than your cf one?
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.1" lower! Figured I could get away with it. In the end I'm not sure I'd gain anything going lower (if I could). Need to go wider and full width.
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