Stownsen914's car, Let's see some pics Options

[ThePaintedMan]

Hey Stownsen914, you've done a lot of work to your car over the years, but I've never seen any pictures of it bigger than your thumbnail. Can we see some details of the car?

[c/s914]

Thanks!

The bodywork is removable and I love messing with people who can't believe it's the same car ;v)

http://www.914world.com/bbs2/index.php?sho...=186361&hl=

Version 2.0 is going to have a splitter, diffuser, and 935 style wing intergrated with a one piece rear clip. I'm having trouble trying to figure out how to keep the engine cool without disrupting the air going to the diffuser though...

S.Chapman

[stownsen914]

The bodywork is removable and I love messing with people who can't believe it's the same car ;v)

http://www.914world.com/bbs2/index.php?sho...=186361&hl=

Version 2.0 is going to have a splitter, diffuser, and 935 style wing intergrated with a one piece rear clip. I'm having trouble trying to figure out how to keep the engine cool without disrupting the air going to the diffuser though...

Cool! Have fun developing the car. I have thought of adding a roof back on my 914. My first iteration had a raked windshield (back and down a couple inches in each direction). I would put that back and have some kind of rear hatch to guide the air back to the rear wing and off the back of the car.

Sorry if I missed this detail in the other thread, but is it a 911 roof? It looks more curved than a 914 roof.

Curious about the rear wing height. Do your class rule say it must be below the roll bar? Just wondering why it's not higher up and into the airflow.

Keeping in mind that all my aero experience is from reading and copying other designs, there seems to be clear evidence that when you have a flat bottom and/or diffuser, that a low rear wing helps draw the air out from under the car. When designed correctly, the increase in downforce from the underbody with this design exceeds the losses from the lower wing position, so overall more downforce. I lowered the rear decklid and put the wing as far back as possible (PCA club racing rules limited) to maximize this. There is a second, smaller wing below the first one to help with this, like the GTP cars used to run back in the 90's. Who knows if I got any of this right, but that's the thinking.

I like it, the rear quarter panels look like they are inspired by the Porsche 936

Thank you, sir. I was inspired by the rear fenders from the Audi LMP cars from the early 2000's, sort of similar to the older longtail Porsches. Same idea I would imagine.

[c/s914]

Cool! Have fun developing the car. I have thought of adding a roof back on my 914. My first iteration had a raked windshield (back and down a couple inches in each direction). I would put that back and have some kind of rear hatch to guide the air back to the rear wing and off the back of the car.

Sorry if I missed this detail in the other thread, but is it a 911 roof? It looks more curved than a 914 roof.

Good eye, while I never transferred any of the roof shape directly via a mold from my 911 or 912, I did fab up a lightweight fiberglass roof that I tried to emulate the shape as much as possible by "rolling around" the rear B pillar. Note that I did make the removal sail panels work with both the stock roof and this piece just in case though...

I must say it's not near as good of a job as you did on that front nose clip, you really nailed that shape!

S.Chapman