bat and tux meet
07-22-2004, 03:03 AM
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bat and tux meet
wow im impressed with batman's fd. i like his black on black with the drill slotted rotors behind and chrome/silver caliper....had a definite contrast.
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07-22-2004, 05:44 PM
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i like the 8 and the 7's color and how everything's put togehter. but the wing i have to admit it looks like crap. looks worse than domestics. but my guess is that it has a purpose for performance...but then again the engine is pretty much stock. bah oh well
2 rotaries..WHO CARES!!???
2 rotaries..WHO CARES!!???
07-22-2004, 08:56 PM
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The wing does work at 80+mph.
Car feels planted at speeds.
I did have the stands custom CNC milled and miscalculated the height by 2"~.
I'll correct that at a later date after I do a few runs at Laguna Seca.
I think I'll shave a couple inches off the width (right now it's at 71").
The car is setup to make a little over 400RWHP at 15psi.
I took the car to the weigh station and got 2750lbs wet.
I ran the car with stock tires at 18 psi and had tire spin at 80MPH in 3rd gear on the turn.
Hence the reasoning for the wing.
Looks like a few people have been fooled by the "stock" look of the engine.
Apparently, there are many on this board that don't know what to look for in mods. That's the intent of my powder coated wrinkle black for that stock look "officer"
Here is list of what I have:
HKS SS BOV
K&N intake replacement
Greddy SMIC
Efini Y-Pipe
Ceramic coated UIM/LIM, intake and intercooler pipes
Intake pipes
Ported UIM
Upgraded secondary injectors tp 1300cc
Power FC ECU with Commander
DP
MP
CB
Strut bar
Koni adj shocks
Ground Control coil overs
Addco sway bars
17x9 all around SSR GT1 rims
A032r 255ft and 275 rr tires with a UTA of 60
etc......
Car feels planted at speeds.
I did have the stands custom CNC milled and miscalculated the height by 2"~.
I'll correct that at a later date after I do a few runs at Laguna Seca.
I think I'll shave a couple inches off the width (right now it's at 71").
The car is setup to make a little over 400RWHP at 15psi.
I took the car to the weigh station and got 2750lbs wet.
I ran the car with stock tires at 18 psi and had tire spin at 80MPH in 3rd gear on the turn.
Hence the reasoning for the wing.
Looks like a few people have been fooled by the "stock" look of the engine.
Apparently, there are many on this board that don't know what to look for in mods. That's the intent of my powder coated wrinkle black for that stock look "officer"
Here is list of what I have:
HKS SS BOV
K&N intake replacement
Greddy SMIC
Efini Y-Pipe
Ceramic coated UIM/LIM, intake and intercooler pipes
Intake pipes
Ported UIM
Upgraded secondary injectors tp 1300cc
Power FC ECU with Commander
DP
MP
CB
Strut bar
Koni adj shocks
Ground Control coil overs
Addco sway bars
17x9 all around SSR GT1 rims
A032r 255ft and 275 rr tires with a UTA of 60
etc......
07-22-2004, 10:10 PM
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I hope that those pictures arent justification for the height of your wing off the deck. Otherwise, very nice FD 
P.S since you seem to be into racing, do you have the L/D ratio and/or Coefficient of lift values for that wing, I would be interested in that. I have never bought a wing so I dont know if that info comes with it
thanks
Scott
P.S since you seem to be into racing, do you have the L/D ratio and/or Coefficient of lift values for that wing, I would be interested in that. I have never bought a wing so I dont know if that info comes with it
thanks
Scott
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07-22-2004, 10:55 PM
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i have a few friends that work at NASA and Lockheed.
My father flew F-104s.
They told me that the functionality would be greater if the inverted wing is in the "jet stream."
I need to clear the roofline.
Looks like i miscalculated an ince or 2.
My father flew F-104s.
They told me that the functionality would be greater if the inverted wing is in the "jet stream."
I need to clear the roofline.
Looks like i miscalculated an ince or 2.
07-23-2004, 12:15 AM
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the wing has given me a few chuckles.
ONe time a cop was going to give me a fix it ticket and he didn't see the wing and slammed his shoulder in it and yelped.
Tears were rolling down my eyes.
ONe time a cop was going to give me a fix it ticket and he didn't see the wing and slammed his shoulder in it and yelped.
Tears were rolling down my eyes.
