Discussion
Gazboy said:
When I first get in it, it's like "jeez this thing is long, jeez this thing is wide", but it 'shrinks' as you drive it.
Keep it.
It takes ages to get used to a new car after you heavily modify your previous one...
when everything settles down spend some money on her
nice exhaust and de-cat for a start
Very interesting project. Not too sure about that paln for the undertray though. That JohnA bloke has a very good point
JohnA said:
Further on this theme, could I raise the general point that the supra's aerodynamics are neither primitive nor suboptimal, and if the Toyota R&D team could further optimise airflow underneath they would have already done it most likely.
My appoach is first to make sure that I understand 100% why things are the way they are, by identifying and measuring them. Then study the alternatives that the designers had, and try to figure out why they chose the path that they did, what compromises they made and *why*
So if I want to shift the balance in an other direction I know what to change and why (and how much perhaps)
Studying the airflow of the supra's undercarriage at high speeds may be more complicated and resource-intensive than may seem at first glance.
Fancy bodykits and fibreglass 'replacement' parts are fine for show-cars, but functionality is a whole different ball game
Gazboy said:
Lucifer is doing a self build single, may make interesting reading:
www.mkivsupra.net/vbb/showthread.php?t=49199
Good reading, think I recignise some of the names,Lucifer is one of the RingRoad Ricers iirc-
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