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Verus Engineering Carbon Thermoplastic Splitter Components
Over the past year we've been developing a splitter kit produced from a carbon thermoplastic material. It's finally time to start a thread regarding these kits and the performance expectations from these units.
First, lets talk about the material properties as it is not something commonly used in the aftermarket yet. With a combination of unique characteristics including lightweight, stiffness, impact resistance, and wear, it is well suited for splitter applications. They will not fracture from impact or contact like carbon fiber, it will not grab and potentially bend under the car like an aluminum unit, and it won't break into sections from impact like ABS. Front Adjustable Splitter: Front splitters are very effective at producing front end downforce without increasing drag significantly by creating a large pressure delta between top and bottom surfaces. Velox Motorsports adjustable splitter is one of the first of its kind! One splitter, 4 sizes! With the ability to extend forward from the front of the bumper between 2 and 5 inches, this splitter can suit your specific needs and balance the car from various other aerodynamic pieces. Bottom side showing counter bores for hardware. Hardware Included Benefits:
Data: Estimated downforce gained over factory car with the 4 available lengths. Drag increases slightly as the splitter extends further, 5 points moving from 2" to 5" estimated from our CFD. Adjustable Carbon Thermoplastic Side Splitters Side splitters really complete the appearance of your GT86, FR-S. or BRZ. Our side splitters feature a horizontal side splitter, and an under-body vertical skirt. In turn, this reduces the amount of high-pressure air making its way to the bottom side of the car. This high-pressure air typically produces lift, by reducing this, we reduce the lift or create down force from adding this component. With our design, we were able to reduce vehicle lift by 11 points while only increasing drag 2 points, which translates to an efficient design. Constructed from carbon thermoplastic, we have a strong, durable and lightweight component that also looks quite nice. The skirt is produced from plastic and will break off if impacted hard enough as to not damage the rest of the kit. Both side skirt and splitter are adjustable to accommodate your specific ride height and desired look. The horizontal side splitter is adjustable in and out 22mm. The vertical skirt is adjustable up and down 19mm. Data: -Coefficient of lift reduced 11 points *For reference the coefficient of lift decreased 11 points from 2" to 3" on the splitter data* -Coefficient of drag increased 2 points Jacking Up The Car Below are photos of how we have been jacking the vehicle up currently. It takes maybe an extra minute vs. pinch weld. *You can always leave off the skirts, or the specific short access pieces, for easier lifting/jacking. I use these points to jack the car up just enough to get another jack under the differential or under the front radiator support. Rear Jacking Point Front Jacking Point Carbon Thermoplastic Rear Spat Wanting to complete the look of the rear end of the GT86 / FRS / BRZ, we came out with a carbon thermoplastic rear spat kit. Designed specifically to flow with the rear bumper and our rear diffuser, this ties together the rear end of the twins. Constructed from very strong and durable carbon thermoplastic, it offers an exotic appearance, the strength of carbon, and the durability of a plastic. CFD Photos: Thanks, Eric Last edited by VerusEric; 01-15-2017 at 06:43 PM. |
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Amazing work as always guys. The carbon thermoplastic seems like a nice material to work with!
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How would you recommend jacking up the car (with side skirts/splitter) if you can't reach the differential/front cross member?
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Honestly I think it looks like a spliter with fake carbon wrap off eBay on it. I'm sure this material is great I just don't like the look of it.
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How does the 5" compare to the current splitter with race upgrade?
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It's already released bro. Check out FT86speedfactory.com or look for velox on Google. They have a couple rear diffusers too along with a few other aero/race car parts
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Yeah function is more important then looks for sure!
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wtf.
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On that same token, you could likely fabricate something to work with the side splitters even better than my current work around. I'm still planning on grabbing some photos when I can . Quote:
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What would the advantages of this splitter be over a custom honeycomb core carbon splitter?
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