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Topic: Big Rear Wing!

I'm in the middle of fabbing up a rear wing for my 914, but I got to thinking, maybe I'll use it on the Filthy, too?

It's made from thin wall steel conduit and salvaged steel.
Currently weighs 9#'s.

I'll skin it in aluminum flashing fastened with rivets and a 3/4" tall Gurney.

Less than $50~

http://i944.photobucket.com/albums/ad286/trekkor/Aero/P1110370.jpg

http://i944.photobucket.com/albums/ad286/trekkor/Aero/P1110367.jpg

http://i944.photobucket.com/albums/ad286/trekkor/Aero/P1110368.jpg

http://i944.photobucket.com/albums/ad286/trekkor/Aero/P1110369.jpg

I have it hanging over the car to mock up the approximate hieght.
1 inch above the trailing edge of the roof.

Wing will be adjustable from zero to ten degrees.


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Re: Big Rear Wing!

http://cache.gawkerassets.com/assets/images/12/2010/05/500x_lssp10-top-24-1280px.jpg

You call that a big wing? A 914 needs real downforce.

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Re: Big Rear Wing!

That's not a wing.
That a plane with big landing gear....


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4 Reply by Buzz Killington (edited by Buzz Killington 2011-01-29 02:08 PM)

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Re: Big Rear Wing!

http://www.murileemartin.com/LDF10Uber/Detroit_Fall10-0396.jpg

sorry about your tiny pink wing, bro.  wink  don't forget to spraypaint your team name and profanity (misspelling both) on it Friday night after most of a bottle of bourbon.

how are you actuating it?  we used the power window motors.

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5 Reply by dculberson (edited by dculberson 2011-01-29 03:40 PM)

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Re: Big Rear Wing!

Isn't thin wall conduit galvanized on the outside?  If so, how are you welding it without making yourself sick?

Edit: Also, won't you have trouble with corrosion if you rivet the aluminum right to mild steel?  I made the mistake of using galvanized nails on some aluminum flashing and it's corroded right through the aluminum in a few places.  (Look up galvanic corrosion: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galvanic_corrosion )  At the least you should use stainless rivets if you can get them.  The aluminum will rot through where it touches the steel.  Kind of like a Land Rover.

It will last for a few years like that, which is enough for Lemons, but your 914 is a little nicer than most of our cars!!

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Re: Big Rear Wing!

Most Lemons car are not built to last...just to race

If its not broke fix it till it is...
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Re: Big Rear Wing!

Here's what I did tonight~

http://i944.photobucket.com/albums/ad286/trekkor/Aero/P1110371.jpg

Masking tape to mark locations for holes

http://i944.photobucket.com/albums/ad286/trekkor/Aero/P1110372.jpg

http://i944.photobucket.com/albums/ad286/trekkor/Aero/P1110373.jpg

Skinned, Gurney mounted in 4 hours with a trip out to the hardware store, too.
All the time watching the Rolex 24!


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Re: Big Rear Wing!

Judge Phil wrote:

You call that a big wing? A 914 needs real downforce.

Thanks Phil.  You saved me the trouble.

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Re: Big Rear Wing!

http://i944.photobucket.com/albums/ad286/trekkor/Aero/P1110375.jpg

Upright stabilizers!

I need to weld on the mounting tabs and paint.


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Re: Big Rear Wing!

trekkor wrote:

I need to weld on the mounting tabs and paint.

You're welding on the paint? That's a pretty cool technique.

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Re: Big Rear Wing!

no...


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Re: Big Rear Wing!

when i saw the title of this, i thought "what? someone put a DC-9 wing on a crown vic just to out-do Our Lady of Perpetual Downforce?" After clicking i was actually kinda disappointed, although it does look really very nice!

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Re: Big Rear Wing!

Welded up the pivots and painted out the uprights~

http://i944.photobucket.com/albums/ad286/trekkor/Aero/P1110376.jpg

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Re: Big Rear Wing!

I have just about got the new splitter built.

The old one was about 25#'s.
This one is... 12#'s!!


http://i944.photobucket.com/albums/ad286/trekkor/Aero/P1110377.jpg

http://i944.photobucket.com/albums/ad286/trekkor/Aero/P1110378.jpg

http://i944.photobucket.com/albums/ad286/trekkor/Aero/P1110379.jpg

http://i944.photobucket.com/albums/ad286/trekkor/Aero/P1110380.jpg


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