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Noahs944

The snow hit the ground in my town today
Inspiring thoughts of country roads to play
Sadly he's on jack stands in the garage
Being prepared for adventures that await us

Mud flaps...
need mudflaps. That's the first priority.

Noahs944 · Posted: Sat Oct 08, 2016 10:20 am Post subject:

In this thread I will also be documenting my own fabrication of a wing or spoiler inspired by this adjustable 968 wing.

Noahs944 · Posted: Mon Oct 10, 2016 1:09 am Post subject:

Finally determined a simple mudflap design that will be easy to remove for special occasions. Then my cheap "nut insert" tool broke last night. So that means I need to cram this morning to try and get a bunch of things accomplished.

Meeting my friend for 4 hours of driving today. He's been a driving mentor of mine, but I don't think he left foot brakes. I'm going to show him what I've learned, but I wish he had his own car to try it in... it's hard on the car. My personal goal is to combine pendulum turns... you know left into right into left, much like what is seen on this video.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_1ZauQdvlqo

Noahs944 · Posted: Mon Oct 10, 2016 1:17 am Post subject:

No wonder the car is terrible to drive after last weekend. Winter or summer, either mud or snow packs up and makes for a very imbalanced rotation. Anyone know a solution?

Noahs944 · Posted: Tue Oct 11, 2016 3:36 am Post subject:

Best Walter Röhrl Quotes

What a lad

Let’s enjoy the legend Walter is in 5 of his best quotes in my opinion

“A car is fast enough when you’re afraid to unlock it in the morning.”
“When you see the tree you’re driving into you have understeer, but if you can heer it you have oversteer.”
“Driving starts when you steer your car with the gaspedal not with the steering wheel.”
“Good drivers have dead flies on the sidewindows.”
“When accelerating the tears of joy have to flow horizontally to your ear.”

Noahs944 · Posted: Tue Oct 11, 2016 3:44 am Post subject:

Nuts in place for front mudflaps. Tool failure after tool failure. Sadly I had to use imperial threads but they are done.

The flaps are about 1" too low I found while turning & braking hard the flaps touch a bit.

Was hoping the stiff plastic flap material would be rigid enough, but had to fab up some stiffeners.

Decided to run with these old 15" dogs yesterday. And save wear and tear on my soft ice tires.

Had to touch the brake pedal 6 times within 2 hours of driving in the dark last night. Need to carry this incase I need to slit the throat of a deer. My friend designed this knife & it was a gift.

Noahs944 · Posted: Tue Oct 11, 2016 2:53 pm Post subject:

Well, the day I'd need to be rescued from a ditch arrived.

A fresh drop of snow on top of wet long grass had me sliding off the dirt road. No amount of steering input or brake or throttle would stop me from sliding into a ditch. I tried flicking the rear of the car around in a dramatic and fashionable manner, but instead I was alone in the ditch when I realized the 2 tow straps & come-along device are completely useless because there was nothing to anchor to (like a tree or rock).

Fortunate for Wilson and I, a fellow rolled up 2 minutes later in his 4x4 and generously offered to help.

I attached the strap to the Rennbay tow hook as the driver pulled Wilson out of the ditch. No drama. This set up is very good & totally saved my butt today.

http://rennbay.com/Tow-Points-Braces/944-rear-tow-hook.html

Thanks Rennbay!

Noahs944 · Posted: Fri Oct 14, 2016 12:29 am Post subject:

Started researching this Group B model.
Generally I don't like Ford, but they have some gems:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z5_11GH6ANs

Noahs944 · Posted: Fri Oct 14, 2016 1:48 am Post subject:

Okay lets diffuse the situation

Noahs944 · Posted: Sat Oct 22, 2016 1:46 am Post subject:

Started building a "flat bottom" pan to protect the underside of the car and possibly improve aero. Reusing aluminum that I had already.

Noahs944 · Posted: Sun Oct 23, 2016 4:01 am Post subject:

Positioning and designing before I drill & rivet.
Under at the back: The clearance from nose to tail is 6" with this ride height.

Over at the back:

morghen · Joined: 21 Jan 2005 Posts: 9095 Location: Romania

If you're riveting it in place spray a sniff of some paint to the drilled holes before you rivet it, it should help with corrosion.

How thick is the aluminium again?
I think it should be at least 5mm to offer good protection.
Have you thought about if dirt accumulates there? how are you going to wash the dirt off?
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Noahs944 · Posted: Sun Oct 23, 2016 12:50 pm Post subject:

M,

As always I welcome & appreciate comments brother. Thank you.

The rivets will not be from the body to the panels but from panels to brackets which will get bolted to the body (alum to alum & steel to steel). Trying to make it as convenient & quick as possible for servicing the vehicle. As it is the batwing section takes longer than I like, but I'm bound to conform to Porsche's valence design, and it's not too bad. I hope to make the middle section super quick & easy. Like 5 mins to remove, 5 to reinstall. The batwing is like 10 to remove & 10 to install.

We won't know how much added features are required to make the centre section rigid & quiet in all around driving conditions. Its something like 8 feet long (rear of oil pan to rear of tranny) It needs a lot of stiffening!

I like your idea of 5mm thick. That sounds IDEAL. Just today I was driving on gravel & saw a 7-9" boulder on the road. I knew my existing batwing oil pan protector wasn't enough, especially since I only have 6" clearance.

The sheets are probably 1mm thick or thinner. I am keeping everything lightweight, so anticipated weight including the batwing/nose tray centre section and rear diffuser (yet to be added) will come in at around 60 lbs.

I hope that it'll pay for itself by saving weight (mud is heavy!) and just keep the undercarriage safe from fuel line damage & rust & so on. Keep mud off the bottom of the car. The purpose is prevent fuel lines from spraying on exhaust when I go off the road, and to deflect rocks from the steer tires that are literally destroying the exhaust, and to improve aero on the tarmac.

At a later date I hope to add select beefy guards that will hide above this pan, to not hinder air flow.

Noahs944 · Posted: Mon Oct 24, 2016 6:10 am Post subject:

Okay, this sucker is about to go back on. need to attach a few more thread inserts to the body. I *think* centre panel is stiff enough. Right now sitting lighter than I imagined. Started using a piece of wood to help keep the work aligned on the roller, it worked very well and saved time also!

Added 3 centre drain holes and angled them so they drain yet don't catch air. Had to notch rear so shocked don't catch on pan.

morghen · Joined: 21 Jan 2005 Posts: 9095 Location: Romania

Interesting.
Stones will bend and dent into that sheet of aluminium but as long as it still does its job to keep mud off, rocks off its ok if its bent and dented.
You should get a picture from under the car showing the whole car when its all ready.
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