I do like how it looks though.

 

Haha its been a hot second since I've heard that song. Alternatively we could do Bad, Bad Leroy Brown. Instead of a "custom Continental", we could have a custom S2000

 

SHIV - don't you have to remove the plastic fender liner for those vents to work. All the ones I saw down at Sebring in Feb had nothing between the vent and the tire.


Sometimes the key to better lap times can be as simple as late breaking...just sayin.

I spent my night installing new rotors and some FREE Carbotech pads. Off to see the Wizard tonight.

 

^^^^ I was thinking the same thing about the fender liners.
Levi

 

I'm wondering, with the issues you described with your brake ducts, would it be possible to rig something together to use those new vents in the fender to pull the hot air away from the brakes?

 

So I didn't show it in the pictures but I did slice out a chunk of the liner around where I cut the fender. Schizo, I was thinking the same thing in regards to pulling some heat out. I'm not quite sure what that setup will look like. I think for starters I will just pull the brake shields off, and cut part of the ducts so they don't reach the rotor area but just spew cool air into the general vicinity.

I certainly plan on upping my late braking Greg. Free carbotechs sound like a joy, especially after looking at the amount I just paid last night for XP12's and XP 10's
Hopefully the higher spec pad will allow me to push the braking zone.

Greg, I'm curious what diameter your duct piping is and how you routed it.

 

Shiv
I cut all my dust shields away except where the ducts attached. Works well for my setup. I can try to send pic later if you need. O.k. ill have to old school Email it as I struggle posting pics

 

Pretty sure gregs are 3"

 

Is anything really FREE when you own a race car......based on the cost of putting the car on the grid each week I think the word FREE just makes me feel a little better.

I have to rely on Jake's memory as my is not so good. There are pictures in either Jake's mod day blog or in my #59 racer blog. If I get some free time I will look for it.
Pics clearly show the routing from fender liner to spindle. i bought WASP components to do the brake ducts, they were NOT cheap but they work awesome. I never have brake fade and my pads/rotors last multiple seasons.

 

Got around to trimming up the canards and getting them properly fitted to the bumper. Getting them trimmed and properly installed was a bit cumbersome. Nothing too difficult, just took more time than I preferred. Since there are basically no canards for the AP1 I got a universal set and did the best I could to fit them. Their original shape was like this.

Pretty pieces, but the contour was wayy off from the AP1 bumper. I fiddled around with some cardboard templates that I cut out and trimmed the canard to come as close as I could. The result looked like this,

Then it was a matter of mocking them up on the bumper to determine proper alignment, and then drill baby drill.



While at it, I vented the rear bumper as well. I have read multiple opinions on the rear bumper vent regarding whether it helps or not. But nothing I came across said it hurts, so I went ahead and vented it as rear bumper modification is another 0 point mod for COM.


Finally I was going to install my fluidamper crank pulley that arrived only to realize that I do indeed need the pulley socket and removal tool. So that will have to wait a few days. Looking forward to the NH event to see what effect if any these last few mods have had.