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Fibreglass advice please
RazMan - 30/5/05 at 09:44 PM

Here's one for the fibreglass guru's - I am going to fit a spoiler from a Scooby to my GT2 (no sense in re-inventing the wheel coz the shape is very close) but it will need to have 'stilts' made to make the angle right. The general shape will resemble a cheese wedge measuring about 80mm down to 10mm (50mm wide).

My question is how these wedges should be made - I could make them from alloy sheet and cover with filler to get the right shape. Alternatively I can just take great big dollops of P40 and carve them back to get the shape right.

How would you do it?

chunkielad - 30/5/05 at 10:11 PM

I'd use a scrap of timber and cover in P40!

Then mould fibreglass round it as a mould.

OR

Make a sheet of fibreglass up on an old bit of Ali. Cut pieces out of it when dry and turn these into the 3D shape by fibreglassing the corners internally. Get me? You'd have a fibreglass item which is light and weatherproof.

chriscook - 30/5/05 at 10:27 PM

Do you realise the rear wing on the first aeon went in a wind tunnel? Therefore they should have some good info on how best to set it.

RazMan - 31/5/05 at 06:15 PM

quote:
Originally posted by chriscook
Do you realise the rear wing on the first aeon went in a wind tunnel? Therefore they should have some good info on how best to set it.


The wing that was tested was the alloy type and I am not really a big fan of these - I prefer the more organic shapes. Also, the car I am building is a hybrid version which is somewhere between the coupe and the spider (watch this space) and the alloy wing would not suit the design in my opinion. I am going for a more 'production' look with a fully enclosed roll bar and rear view window.

John @ Aeon is helping me with all of my quirky requirements and is very supportive despite my wandering from his original design path.

[Edited on 31-5-05 by RazMan]