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J_kennington 05-05-2014 10:14 PM

or the front lip, sideskirts, spats, and rear diffuser all in the OE style for 400.
which is what I plan on doing I guess.

Model Citizen 05-05-2014 10:55 PM

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Originally Posted by plucas (Post 1717596)
Why would you buy a functional diffuser for the looks... there are plenty of cheap no functional stuff out there.

Whatever happened to the splitter you guys were designing?

plucas 05-05-2014 11:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Model Citizen (Post 1717735)
Whatever happened to the splitter you guys were designing?

It is coming out by a different company who is a vendor on here any day.

J_kennington 05-05-2014 11:31 PM

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Originally Posted by plucas (Post 1717748)
It is coming out by a different company who is a vendor on here any day.

Know the price it will be set at?

gramicci101 05-05-2014 11:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by plucas (Post 1717748)
It is coming out by a different company who is a vendor on here any day.

HA! So THAT'S where they got it!

plucas 05-05-2014 11:44 PM

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Originally Posted by J_kennington (Post 1717827)
Know the price it will be set at?

I do not.

car_roll 05-06-2014 12:04 AM

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Originally Posted by plucas (Post 1717596)
Why would you buy a functional diffuser for the looks... there are plenty of cheap no functional stuff out there.

Why do people run crazy aero with racing seats, a cage, a harness, fully gutted interior, gobs of horsepower, and then slam their car on shitty suspension and stretched tires? It's stupid as f*** but some people mod their cars PURELY for aesthetics. To each his own.

This is coming from a function >>>>>>>>>>>>>> form guy.

zooki 05-06-2014 12:05 AM

Has there been actual wind tunnel testing of this diffuser? Or it this a case of "it looks good so it must work"? I remember reading an article about diffusers on F1 cars, and the amount of work that went into the design was mind boggling.

gramicci101 05-06-2014 12:10 AM

Plucas works for an aerodynamics company. If he's made a diffuser, then it's had math applied to it.

cjsporl1996 05-06-2014 12:19 AM

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Originally Posted by plucas (Post 1717748)
It is coming out by a different company who is a vendor on here any day.

Isn't ft86speedfactory coming out with it? I have a PDF of its wind test results.

Gunman 05-06-2014 07:31 AM

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Originally Posted by J_kennington (Post 1717064)
I put both names in the title since I seen it called both. I'm looking for one like the driveway labs v2, but are they the only people to make one? 600 is honestly out of my price range for it.


fyi, a diffuser is generally at the rear of the car, sloping up, fore to aft. A splitter is on the front, an extended leading edge that "splits" the air.

plucas 05-06-2014 11:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Model Citizen (Post 1717735)
Whatever happened to the splitter you guys were designing?

http://ft86speedfactory.com/ft-86-sf...tter-1648.html

gramicci101 05-06-2014 11:05 PM

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Originally Posted by plucas (Post 1720083)

Thought so. FT-86SF was hinting at it yesterday and posted a link to an Instagram photo with no information.

edit @plucas, question for you. Most functional splitters I've seen (observational experience only) have the front blade connected to the bumper via turnbuckles, I assume for support and adjustability. Is that not required with the FT-86SF splitter?

plucas 05-06-2014 11:57 PM

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Originally Posted by gramicci101 (Post 1720097)
Thought so. FT-86SF was hinting at it yesterday and posted a link to an Instagram photo with no information.

edit @plucas, question for you. Most functional splitters I've seen (observational experience only) have the front blade connected to the bumper via turnbuckles, I assume for support and adjustability. Is that not required with the FT-86SF splitter?

It is not required. The splitter is much more secured to the bumper than most kits. Also along with being more securely mounted, it uses a stiff composite plastic to achieve greater stiffness. However, if the car is going to be seeing excessive speeds on the track, it would be a good idea to add turnbuckles. Most cars never see that speed, so it would not be needed. Hope that helps and feel free with any other questions.


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