Team AMG
01-14-2005, 10:37 PM
OK, even though I have become a dedicated Ford team the work on the Corvette C5-R continues, now code named "Godzilla".
Here we see the front from a 3/4 view, there has been extensive smoothing and molding, all of the door lines, hood lines, etc. have been molded in and the body panels have been epoxied in place. The mirrors have been removed and the holes filled in. A hood duct has been added, this is designed to draw air out from under the front of the car, creating a sort of vacuum effect and helping the car stick to the track on fast straights. A roof scoop has also been added, although at this point it's non-functional, it may be opened after some wind tunnel testing.
http://www.xmodsource.com/forums/album_thumbnail.php?pic_id=552
The back 3/4 view shows more of the same extensive molding, the license plate slot has been filled and the tail lights will also be flush once the rest of the body is complete. Tail lights will be red colored epoxy filling the holes to the level of the rest of the rear end. The stock rear end has the lower part of the panel cut away, this is to reduce induced drag and allow the addition of a working ground effects panel.
http://www.xmodsource.com/forums/album_thumbnail.php?pic_id=551
All of the smoothing will give the car a low aerodynamic signature, it's not known what type of benefit that this will give it in competetion but I have access to the small item wind tunnel at UCSF for testing once the car is done to find out. There won't be any rear wing, and the roof scoop is the only thing that breaks up an otherwise aerodynamic shape, only the low mounted ground effects will add to any needed downforce. Opening the scoop will allow motor cooling but also induce some drag, a fair trade off for the enduro races this is being designed for.
The inside of the body has been machined with a dremel tool to remove as much extra weight as possible, about 35 grams of weight has been saved by doing this, which is about twice what the added molding putty weighs.
As the project progresses it'll be updated here.
Here we see the front from a 3/4 view, there has been extensive smoothing and molding, all of the door lines, hood lines, etc. have been molded in and the body panels have been epoxied in place. The mirrors have been removed and the holes filled in. A hood duct has been added, this is designed to draw air out from under the front of the car, creating a sort of vacuum effect and helping the car stick to the track on fast straights. A roof scoop has also been added, although at this point it's non-functional, it may be opened after some wind tunnel testing.
http://www.xmodsource.com/forums/album_thumbnail.php?pic_id=552
The back 3/4 view shows more of the same extensive molding, the license plate slot has been filled and the tail lights will also be flush once the rest of the body is complete. Tail lights will be red colored epoxy filling the holes to the level of the rest of the rear end. The stock rear end has the lower part of the panel cut away, this is to reduce induced drag and allow the addition of a working ground effects panel.
http://www.xmodsource.com/forums/album_thumbnail.php?pic_id=551
All of the smoothing will give the car a low aerodynamic signature, it's not known what type of benefit that this will give it in competetion but I have access to the small item wind tunnel at UCSF for testing once the car is done to find out. There won't be any rear wing, and the roof scoop is the only thing that breaks up an otherwise aerodynamic shape, only the low mounted ground effects will add to any needed downforce. Opening the scoop will allow motor cooling but also induce some drag, a fair trade off for the enduro races this is being designed for.
The inside of the body has been machined with a dremel tool to remove as much extra weight as possible, about 35 grams of weight has been saved by doing this, which is about twice what the added molding putty weighs.
As the project progresses it'll be updated here.