1968 Camaro "Badmotorfinger" v2.2

[DBasher]

Belly pan? I'll just drop this here....

[preston]

Yeah my car is a flat bottom front to rear with a diffuser.

I did have to create a cutout to account for droop of the 3rd member, and I also have a cutout for the bellhousing which drops about 1.5" below the "ground plane".

That makes it better than nothing but having those holes probably reduces the benefit quite a bit.

In my case the floor is the flat bottom, and then I just have dzused on panels front and rear. The panels are alumalite which doesn't make the best material for a splitter but it works great for these kinds of panels.

If you design the car right its actually pretty easy to do this, they key is getting the exhaust out in the rockers so you're not trying to encapsulate it.

If one was serious about tracking the car you would want to extend the flat floor out beyond the rockers anyway but that's just having fun at that point.

I don't know what good its ever done me except to encapsulate oil leaks ha ha.

[GregWeld]

Really looking good now Dave!


I'm going to have to build a new race car to keep up with the lap times you're going to lay down in your street car! LOL

[Flash68]

Originally Posted by WSSix

Awesome! I know it adds complexity, especially with maintenance, but there's just something about having a belly pan or rear diffuser that screams I'm serious about speed. I think it would be right at home on your and Preston's cars.

The belly pan (like a lot of cool fab) doesn't always get to be enjoyed due to being hidden once the car is assembed. You know it's actually more of a skid plate here I guess but a small one is a must here and has been planned since the engine was built and dyno'd back in 2004.

A diffuser is very striking and obviously functional if done right (really dig Alcala's on his Mustang) and that may be something added to Jim's punchlist before it leaves NC.

Originally Posted by rustomatic

I like the 1x2--I've been getting into that lately myself. So much seems over-tubed these days . . .

Well we were planning on doing 2x4 and 4x4 tubing but then Chad called it a tank so I got sensitive and self-conscious and we cut that down to 1x2.

Originally Posted by preston

I don't know what good its ever done me except to encapsulate oil leaks ha ha.

Ha. Good point. I'll try to remember that.

Originally Posted by GregWeld

Really looking good now Dave!


I'm going to have to build a new race car to keep up with the lap times you're going to lay down in your street car! LOL

Gwen, is that you? Surely Greg would not say such positive things in this thread.

I'll be chasing Payton anyway.... so you should target him first.