Anyone ever made a front splitter?

[Steven103]

ill just pop down to my local wind tunnel, for an hour or two ... I have a spare £100,000 lying about ha....

Don't be silly, you could hire a man at a computer and only be talking £hundreds per day instead

 

[klm182]

Don't be silly, you could hire a man at a computer and only be talking £hundreds per day instead

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yes but the man has to be in a full sized wind tunnel.... as they cost over 50 million to build, sure hes going let you drive your clio in to test abit of rubber... or could save money, and get the honey I strunk the kids machine, use a mini one, or just blow smoke on it ha

Wind Tunnel v CFD - Cost and Speed.

Technical considerations aside, the choice between either a CFD or model scale wind tunnel development program will come down to cost and expediency. There isn't a single right or wrong choice. The best choice will depend on the complexity and duration of the prospective program and on the resources available to it. To illustrate the choice, we'll consider a variety of development programs. Option 1) Tiny program We'll run a CFD program with 100 full car runs and the equivalent model wind tunnel testing program (wind tunnel @12 hours for one day only with approx 5 useful runs with 20 ride points ) and we will compare the two. ​ From inception to delivery of data would take approximately 3 months for the wind tunnel program. The CFD solutions should be available within 1 month. CFD is much quicker. The cost for the CFD program would be approximately £20,000. The cost of the wind tunnel program would be approximately £80,000. Both estimates exclude the salary of an aerodynamicist (because it would vary enormously depending on experience), but do include all other costs (tunnel hire, model technicians, model manufacture, CFD solutions and analysis). CFD is much cheaper. that's doing it on the cheap....

 

[Andycollins]

Iv got this design on an cnc template and one that isnt as big which il be having made over summer to see which I prefer

Of you fancy making another I'll buy one off you

 

[Steven103]

That's quite out of context. I appreciate aero on a track day Clio is out of context though. Those sort of numbers/resources (full scale tunnel - are you mad! Not a single F1 team currently uses full scale ) are for much bigger projects than adding a wing or splitter to a production car.


A mini revolution (reached the point where fast desktop computers can solve small CFD simulations in minutes not days) has made "quick turnaround CFD" perfectly accessible for small companies - CFD is no longer restricted to top tier budgets.

Specialist companies are still a good option for distributing simulations over hundreds of processors, if you're developing a whole car or if you require tunnel validation etc.

 

[Ben NBR Cup]

Iv got this design on an cnc template and one that isnt as big which il be having made over summer to see which I prefer

Can I just say this splitter looks amazing, what is it made from ? Is there any chance you could send me the measurements of this as I fancy making my own and I prefer the big front splitter like this no worries if not
Many thanks Ben

 

[Gavin.]

Can I just say this splitter looks amazing, what is it made from ? Is there any chance you could send me the measurements of this as I fancy making my own and I prefer the big front splitter like this :smile: no worries if not
Many thanks Ben

He's not been online since September last year mate, it may be better on'ing him so the receives an email or something.

 

[BoatNonce]

@Ed.200 has a front splitter, a very nice one too, but I don't think he goes on here any more.

 

[Ben NBR Cup]

He's not been online since September last year mate, it may be better on'ing him so the receives an email or something.

Ok mate thank you very much

 

[green]

Can I just say this splitter looks amazing, what is it made from ? Is there any chance you could send me the measurements of this as I fancy making my own and I prefer the big front splitter like this :smile: no worries if not
Many thanks Ben

Hi
There is one in the parts for sale..£140 thou