I saw a mercedes mclaren slr's crazy wing the other day and thought, I can build that! So long story short, with the help of a welder, half a trunk, and a case of beer my car has a retractable wing . and yes you can still store the top in trunk with no problem.
wing video

That is awesome! How'd you do it? How long did it take?

That is very cool!
How do you activate it?
How much difference is there say at 100mph?
914's tend to get light at speed.

That looks so great, nice job!

WHOA!!!!! that is AWESOME!!

Really, that is incredibly slick. You have to tell us how you did that.

-Tony

That is freaking bitchin!!!

Details puleeze...

Yeah that is really fucking cool!!!

Now make one for me dammit

Where's the tramp stamp?

details please

it took me about three weekends of tinkering, most of my time was spent designing and wiring the scariest relay board ever.
one electric ram is triggered by a speed sensor (I also have an over ride switch) to move the wing out, the second ram for the brake is triggered (only at highway speeds) by the brake lights. I haven't really felt much of a difference as far as the wing but the brake really catches a lot of drag.

Too cool ! !

I thought about this for my project and then decided to put all "neat things" on the back burner to get the car on the road. Nice fitment and motion.

That is slick!

I was gutting a Boxster for the Spec class and thought: hum.. I could use these small rams to raise a spoiler on a 914.. then tossed them into a box..LOL


B

Great implementation. I'd love to see some video with the car standing still and you flipping switches to make it do its thing.

I be happy with a still shot...


KT

Dood, that is messed up. Very Cool. I also like the DeLorean paint job. Another cool use for a trunk monkey.

Okay, admit it! You got a very small and skinny kid to hide out in the (hot) trunk and push up the wing for the video.

This should really be shared with 914s all over the country

my goodness gracious thats incredible.

thank you! glad you like it!

You are not dealing with the questions..............

That is totally awesome

You know if you make the front trunk open under braking it have a MUCH greater effect.


OK, maybe not.

Very cool. Finally something NEW!!!!

sorry, I'll try to post some still pics soon. what do you want to know?

Very slick!

The fitment looks excellent as well.

Details man - we need details!


Nice job!


M

I see you're from Vegas, is this one of those Chris Angel Mind Freak tricks?




















jk Very nice

That is absolutly the coolest thing I have seen for ANY car. What a perfect fabrication. I am in awe. A video of the mechanism going through some of the angles like in the vid is what I wanna see. Do you have some way of activating it while the car is stopped that you could vid??

You are one twisted dude... that gets my vote for best fab job of the decade

Wow ! Is that the car Renegade had at the 2005 Ventura GAF ?

ok fine, here are some details:
I mounted one ram in the middle of the trunk, this twists a rod that in turn turns two bars. these bars move the wing out and back. there are two other bars attached to the back of the wing on one side and to two moving rods on the other. when the brake is down the the bars pivot off the rods but when the brake is engaged a second ram lifts the afore mentioned rods, which lift the bars, which change the angle of the wing. yeah it's totally hard to understand and even harder to explain. I'll try to take some pics soon.

yep that's the one!

So how long until kits are available?

(somebody had to ask)

$15,000 I can start on it next week.

Yes, I stole one of his trained monkeys and taught it to push up my wing from the trunk. it gets pissed when I take hard right turns, the racket coming from the trunk is deafening

trunk monkeys are so over rated.

I bet you can't still store your top in there.

It is "interesting" to say the least.

While I do like it, it's not for me.

Nice craftsmanship though. It looks like it fits and operates really really nice.

Dana,

I was wondering when you were going to post this thread. Guys, it is absolutly the greatest thing ever! Dana is such a creative guy, he has been working on this for a few weekends. Whenever I saw Dana, you could tell some gears were turning in his head. He told me about his idea, but I thought "Yeah, right" Sounds good little buddy... Boy did he prove me wrong! I was sitting behind Dana at a light here in Vegas, he pushed his little magic button and out came the end of his trunk! The woman in the car next to me nearly shit her pants! She was pointing and all three of us were laughing. Glad to see it is done...

I guarantee the top fits in the trunk, I have seen it with my own eyes...

thanks man, and yes the top still fits. what good is a targa if you have no where to put the top?

Dana,

Thank you and Mike Johnson for taking the time to do the things you do. Little did I know a few years back when I opened my old shop that I would find two great dudes as you are. Without you, my car would just be a pipe-dream pardon the pun... I know I have thanked you in the past, but I just drove my teener to work for the 1st time and while driving, I realized how great it is to have you guys as my mechanics and better yet, friends. Lets get together with you, Mike and our wives for dinner and a show. You guys are the best...

Best Regards,

Keith

Now you see, that's exactly why I refuse to go to Las Vegas.

I lost that bet rather quickly.......



That is my sediments exactly. Part of the reason the movable spoiler wasn't for me.

It still looks like it works and fits well.

I have sourced electric linear actuators for this project but those look really fast! Do you mind sharing what you used and from where?

I dig the paint job (always wanted a delorean)

I like the wing/airbrake alot...

I think it would be a nice addition, but 15k is alot of money.

b

One word WOW. You are my HERO. Great idea. Great fabricating skills. Make a kit and I am sure your idea will fly. Lol.

We need detail. Names of products you used. Actuators, Any other fabricated parts you made (other than the wing itself.) Pics of the inside of the trunk, underside of the trunk lid. Really, THAT IS AWSOME!

Very cool.

Do the edges seal up enough to keep rain out of the trunk? Can you feel a difference @ high speeds and/or when slowing down?

-pt

I think you should paint a huge STOP sign on the underside of the wing. Maybe help you from getting rear-ended

Damn if it was legal in ANY of the SCCA solo classes I think I would need one for the RNR. Just cuz it's cool.

nice fab (clean) and it dosent really look outta place on the car.
great work
james

Very cool and creative. I agree, it is nice to see new ideas. For me, the air brake is a little much, but a nice small spoiler rise could be interesting...

-Steve

Damn. I cant get the video to play!

David

Hhmmm

Fuckin Eh
Awsome

Later