Chin Spoiler idea, and a request

[Jack Olsen]

In my never-ending quest to have more things to bolt onto the car before every track day, I got a chin-spoiler from GT Racing. This is an extension to the front valence with an integrated splitter. It's light and flexible. (Of course, that won't matter when I tear it off going off-track, will it?)

The only catch is that it's designed for an RS front bumper, not an S one. I'm hoping to mate it to a fiberglass front S spoiler and -- turning lemons into lemonade -- fabricate some brake duct scoops to go where I'm going to have to cut its middle out.

Here are some pictures that will make some sense of that I'm saying. First is the piece itself:



For a better idea of its shape, here are two different angles:





Now here it is mated to my (old, beaten-down) front spoiler:



Now, here is my (beaten-up) front end without it:



Now, the problem is, my car is all apart until Friday, getting those ugly parts painted. I can't wait until Friday to start cutting this thing up and fabricating ducts.

My request:

Could anyone out there with an early car with the AC condenser measure the overall width of the condenser cage, and how much it dips below the bottom edge of an S spoiler?

[bell]

this looks like fun
you could use mating aluminum strips to the new spoiler and the bottom of the bumper then nutsert the bumper peice then you could bolt it on and off as you wish.
just a thought

[Jack Olsen]

Actually, Bell, if you look at the last picture you can see the bolts that are fitted into the nutcerts on the bottom edge of the spoiler. As things stand, I bolt a simple splitter on for track days.

[Bill Verburg]

Why not bow to the inevitable and just get an RS bumper then if you insist on keeping the 2 side oil coolers, use the ctr section to duct to the brakes. It is very easy to seal the bottom of the RS spoiler, part of the air flow can even be directed to the oil coolers if you want. Just a thought

[Jack Olsen]

I love pretty much everything about the Carrera RS... except for that damn oil cooler box. To me, it looks like one of those refrigerators you put in a dorm room. On one of the greatest auto designs ever mass produced, it looks (to me) like it was slapped on as an afterthought.

The idea behind this chin piece was that it could be bolted on at the track, and then removed for street driving (speedbumps and curbs are out there, you know, waiting... ).

Of course, now I'm thinking there are fewer bolts attaching the valence itself. So I could have a track valence/spoiler/splitter combo, complete with a pair of supporting wires to keep the splitter from pulling too far down, that I could bolt on at the track.

It could even be cut straight down the middle, like a cleft chin, so that the two halves could be put int he car for the drive to the track...

It's true.

I do have too much time on my hands.

[Chuck Moreland]

You may find some of the bolts (there are 6) that mount a fiberglass bumper harder to access than the ones you will mount the chin with.

On the other hand, a dedicated bumper would let you get real aggressive with the style and you would have to mess around trying to create brake ducts.