on the height, how did you decide? I was stuck between having it slightly higher than the targa line to get fresh air and having it be the same height so I knew I wouldn't accidently tear it off. I went with the same height. also I had drilled 4-5 holes to angle the wing like I wanted. could have slotted it, but holes would hold that position better. Lastly, I would like to know how your bolt on works. I originally had that same configuration, 2 bolts per, but ended up with it not being steady at speed so I molded the pedestal in
Odie
Yeah the jiggle is what got me. I have epdm 1/16 inch under mine when it was bolted.Hello Odie
George only provided the one set of holes, and I didn't feel like drilling a set, so the height is simply what he set it to in his design, adjusted by slotting and then raising the rear to set the foils to a slight forward incline. I opted to raise the rear rather than drop the front edge. I guess it's pretty much level with the targa top.
George put 2 studs per standoff/upright. There is 'jiggle/flex' in the uprights when I corner or lane change over uneven roadway, otherwise I haven't observed any movement. I have 1/8" closed cell foam between the lid & the uprights, so I do need to recheck the tension since it's now had a couple days to compress.
With the spoiler/foil assembly, I don't have to tighten the assembly much to stop any tilt of it's own accord. Those bolts are M10 (I think, 14mm head lock nuts), with fender washers to spread clamping force.
Yeah the jiggle is what got me. I have epdm 1/16 inch under mine when it was bolted.
I never tried the slots. Would have probably worked. I will never change it anyway lol.
Height. Now that I am looking at it under cover it looks level. The other views made it look taller. Each time I see mine under cover it reminds me of a porsche 917 with the tail being the same height as the cab
Looks awesome! Now I am thinking of switching to dallara. Naw. Too much work
Odie
You probably need to remove some material from the stands to follow the contour of the lid to make it rigid. You can probably shave the stands without respraying them. My mistake was that I didn't have the lid on the car when doing this, and after mounting it didn't fit as the lid had flexed a little bit when off the car. Got it right on second try with a lot more work involved than expected. But with a metal lid it should be easier.
How does your lid look inside? I did a lot of reinforcements on mine. The wing will cause a lot of stress even with little down force so make sure it is rigid and robust.
BTW, the height of the wing has been discussed as well. I put my wing 1" lower than the roof to meet Swedish racing regulations. -It sits in line with the car w/o the roof. It still does a good job because of its width and shape. Would be interesting to know the height of an original Dallara wing.
The ones with 4 spokes are more period appropriate.Finished the lexan covers, wanted to do something fun before I worked on the AWD filter leak..
fitted the angle brackets first, then marked & drilled the lexan
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overall pics of the car to wrap this up
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I am thinking about different wheels - I'd kinda like to not have chrome. I found some other Rota wheels, same spec - 15x8, 67.1 bore, 4x100. Only bronze or flat black though..
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these have a deeper dish, and 15x8, 15x9 set - but have the dual sets of mount holes, I don't care for so much
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Went with those. I don't like the multi-bolt pattern mount holes of the others. Got Federal 595RS 225/45 & 205/50 ZR15's instead of BFG's for theseThe ones with 4 spokes are more period appropriate.
I like those. I agree they will look good
OH WOW!!!! those are stunning!Finally got around to mounting & balancing the new tires on the new wheels
Federal 595RS 205/50xZR15, 245/45xZR15 Rota TBT 15x8 4x100 67.1 bore
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