Pitside-Chapter 1-Classic 24 Hour at Daytona

[JMITCH]

This is what it looked like when I bought it from some guy in Miami:

[JMITCH]

This is how it looks now. Recognize the "theme"?

[OldSchool+]

Er...no.

Hep me out.

It does look very sanitary. The new hood fits well...

ps--Is it the photo or is the back window one of the parts that...de-parted?

pps--Plexi headlight covers in the future?

[JMITCH]

It's kind of a tribute to the Scott Sharp Duracell car back in the 80's. Used to love watching him mix it up with Roush's Whistler Mustangs!

We removed the rear window and small deck lid to take off some more weight(115 lbs.) and plan to replace it with Lexan sometime. It's a Hell of a lot cooler in there now but I'm sure it hurts our AERO package!

Headlights "holes" have an oil cooler behind one and a power steering cooler behind the other. We have the two small apex lights you see and two larger lights that can be bolted on quickly.

[jacko241]

That looks really cool, I was going to say the Scott Sharp car! Very nicely done.

[OldSchool+]

And Now, Something Completely Different!

JMITCH--An idea for you, sir!

Rear window louvers! They either conjure up images of Ferrari or Joe Dirt, depending on your viewpoint.

Here is the deal though--Potentially they could look cooler than nothing, be lighter than the OEM picture window, continue to duct air through the car, and direct air over the car to the rear spoiler.

Summit has some plastic ones, but they would need reinforcement, are expensive, and not that great looking, imo.

I am thinking fabbed "sail panels", and then flush mounted (rather than sticking up above the roofline) louvers, all in aluminum and framed appropriately, and finally painted semi-flat black.

Another idea--this just in! Flush mounted black screen over the headlight openings. Would possibly require a couple of aluminum strips (also black, of course) behind for reinforcement.

Simply for your review, of course...

[JMITCH]

HAHA, we're way too lazy and cheap to do the louver thing but it would look pretty cool. Or wierd.

We do have mesh/wire in the headlight covers to protect coolers. Needed them last year when I hit the gravel pit in turn one at Road Atlanta doing about 70 mph! Still find a pebble now and then from that excursion.

[OldSchool+]

Weird Part II

For your further review:

The idear was to flush the screen with the leading edge for further aero/coolness/weirdness.

re: Big Hole Indaback--How about aluminum sail panels and a sheet of flat lexan in the middle, maybe with a gap at the bottom (for flow thru ventilation for the driver) or 2" holes drilled at the bottom.

I will leave you alone now, unless other bizzare thoughts pop into my head.