It looks good but I disagree about the end fences going below the splitter, I think you are going to find that you just cream those on curbs, unless you have the splitter really high off the ground. Also you want a beveled leading edge (beveled towards underneath the car, sharper on the top side), not a large blunt end like that aluminum you added. That's just my $0.02, I think you did a good job overall and it should be very effective.
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Time to finish off the splitter.
Aluminum bits dismounted and screwed to a temp carrier for powder coating. Tunnels & screws going too.
Sanded the splitter and liberally coated with penetrating epoxy.
Holy freaking hell. Rob failed to mention this is dangerous stuff. Toxic as hell and strongly exothermic. It literally set up hard in 10 minutes but continued out gassing and heating up. Yes I wore a mask. Should have been a hazmat suit.
"And then we broke the car. Again." Mark Donohue, "The Unfair Advantage"
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2002 E39 M5
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Most resins/adhesives will kick off in larger volumes. Split it between a few cups and you'll avoid any issue.
At my old job, we wouldn't mix cups larger than 100g (not including hardener) because they tended to cook off. Sometimes you'd end up with a dozen cups for larger layups.Originally posted by priapismMy girl don't know shit, but she bakes a mean cupcake.Originally posted by shamesonUsually it's best not to know how much money you have into your e30
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Well damn. It's 105F in Austin. So hot apparently that the paint flash dried in the air before it hit the splitter and fell off. I'll have to re-sand tonight and paint tomorrow at Zero Dark Thirty. Or convince Rob. He's a morning creature, up at 4AM.
"And then we broke the car. Again." Mark Donohue, "The Unfair Advantage"
1987 E30 3L Turbo Stroker Das Beast
2002 E39 M5
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Re-sanded. Let's just call this the base coat. I need to wait 24h more for all the VOCs to outgas, THEN I can repaint it. At 5AM. I feel like I'm fabricating a bloody surf board.
"And then we broke the car. Again." Mark Donohue, "The Unfair Advantage"
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2002 E39 M5
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Splitter is done. Here are my artsy "tech blog" reveal photos
And the final product
I gotta say, of all the projects we've done for the Beast this was one of my favorites to build and see finished.
Now ... let's take it to the track."And then we broke the car. Again." Mark Donohue, "The Unfair Advantage"
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We're just finishing moving into the new shop. Beast is done and ready for an Aero test day. Harris Hill is too short so we're looking for a better track. COTA is $$$$ but we may end up doing that. I miss Texas World Speedway. It was the perfect track.
Wrenching side, minus the lift
Fab side. Work in progress
"And then we broke the car. Again." Mark Donohue, "The Unfair Advantage"
1987 E30 3L Turbo Stroker Das Beast
2002 E39 M5
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