The kids and I finished the custom hood and got started on the rear spoiler.
Here's the hood painted and installed:
This came out way better than I expected. The hood is noticeably lighter, the scoop is dead center over the air filter and the engine bay is much cooler. I used to get some heat soak into the clutch when stuck in traffic on really hot days. No longer an issue. I haven't built my pressure tester yet, or gotten above about 50 mph, so I don't know if the aero effect will be what we expected.
Here's the spoiler we're making:
This is the almost final mockup with all the tabs ready and just the drilling and riveting left over. We picked this design because I've read it's almost impossible to f-up a spoiler of this type.
And to keep up the dumpster diving theme, this is where the steel came from.
They're doing some remodeling at my school and this used to be a ventilation duct. Stainless, free, big and if we cut it correctly, reinforced.
