AFTER
ETA - cos I messed up the photo order!
Damn vodka
[Edited on 27/2/10 by Steve Hignett]
BEFORE
AFTER
ETA - cos I messed up the photo order!
Damn vodka
[Edited on 27/2/10 by Steve Hignett]
Good Job Steve, I like it 
Looks very good steve. Also great for keeping the temps down.
Love the carbon!! 
looks really good
Like that...
Nice. is it a westfield? (sorry for the ignorance)
I was only thinking that carbon fibreside panels would be a first, this afternoon. Looking good
Just fitted alli ones to mine, on another zetec we did it with the cooling temp dropped by 10 degrees
Looks good Steve, I like them
Are they the Carbon Mods ones @ £332 a pair?
I like them alot was thinking about something like that as a distant future mod.
yes yes yes
Hi steve. Again, nice job. These vents are not unlike the ones on my 1986 Spyder. I've often wondered why they aren't featured on many kit
cars.
What's next then??
Carbonmods do a lovely cf nosecone. My mates got one.
Geoff.
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Originally posted by SPYDER
What's next then??
Carbonmods do a lovely cf nosecone. My mates got one.
Geoff.
(interchangeable, for damage etc) for TimC's race car... Very nice as usual from you!
Carpet Stu's Westfield on Locostbuilders
He also sells some very nice Carpet
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Originally posted by perksy
Carpet Stu's Westfield on Locostbuilders
quote:
He also sells some very nice Carpet
mmm lovely carbon. strangely, i'm thinking one of those side vents would make an awesome bonnet scoop (or vent the other way around.... 
) on
my truck...
Hi Steve.
Yea i thought it was a good idea when we did it to the first Westfields 23 years ago.
Cheers Matt
quote:
Originally posted by procomp
Hi Steve.
Yea i thought it was a good idea when we did it to the first Westfields 23 years ago.
Cheers Matt
Hi
Nah 0.8 Ali in NS4. As when being raced they get stone chipped very easily. Almost as light but only cost £15 ea. Would go through 3-4 per season with
stone chipping and damage. But if not too interested in the aesthetics they would last a season but look very tatty.
Couldn't have tatty on the original Newey cars.
Standard feature on the LA Golds.
Matt
[Edited on 27/2/10 by procomp]
quote:
Originally posted by perksy
Carpet Stu's Westfield on Locostbuilders
He also sells some very nice Carpet
Getting back to the topic - I do like that mod, as it gives a really good flow of air after the radiator and looks pretty cool too! If I was doing my
side panels now I'd do something very similar.
I know Dax did it first, but that doesn't mean that it's not cool to copy a good idea...
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Originally posted by David Jenkins
I know Dax did it first, but that doesn't mean that it's not cool to copy a good idea...
How close can you do it to the nose for the effectiveness to drop off?
If you've got an open section between the nose and rear part of the front wishbone mount does this mod add anything?
How much less effective is a grill at the part where the side meets the end of the footwell?
(appreciate people probably don't have facts, just curious before i do my body work in the near future).
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Originally posted by SPYDER
Spyder did it in 1985, together with a ducted nose cone, although I doubt that they were the first.
On the other hand, I know of one sevenalike that has an SR20DET in it, that overheats when you look at it, and it has side vents like that too. So it
won't hurt, but won't cure inherent problems.
I do wish I'd done that on mine though, but I was in too big of a hurry to put my panels on. Plus, I didn't think of it at the time. A lot
of neat stuff comes to mind AFTER, doesn't it?
quote:
Originally posted by MikeR
How much less effective is a grill at the part where the side meets the end of the footwell?
Hi
Dax did it first .Lol We procomp did it to the very first SE's that we built for racing. The Newey cars. We have been doing it that way ever
since on many Westfields and has been a standard feature on the LA Golds since we produced them in various guises.
The trouble is that very few seem to understand what is needed to make the effect work and not become a deficit to the cooling rather than a gain.
Just putting the sides on can have a negative effect unless they are done properly and other measures are taken also.
Matt
i think i can guess what mods your talking about - and its possibly related to a recent thread on here about aerodynamics.