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That was incredible. I wonder what else they did they for aero that we cant see. I saw the front splitter. Bottom was nearly flat. Diffuser. I wonder what the ride weight is. Im impressed.

You should add a poll to this thread. It would be interesting to see.

If you were close I would def stop by to help you man.

Haha. Your just mad cause i finish my swaps are done in a couple of weeks and they run great. haha. Besides once you get yours running then you can use that ecomotion. You still got a couple of weeks buddy!

Hiding! haha. In the small block section of the forum apparently. For the white car's swap.

Lets get it done man. Cant wait to see it finished.

Thats cause us bimmer guys dont get along with any crowd haha.

Lets see some before pictures then! Those are the best kind. "Before pictures" of Z cars are just empty canvases in our eyes......with rust holes.

I had a 300e as one of my first cars. Loved it. If I had known the possiblities i would have gone for it. But, truth be told, I always wanted an e30. (yes Im one of those e30 people). But when I did look for parts for the e300 there really isnt an aftermarket for it? Unless Im completely off, and there is a company making suspension components for the car, sway bars blah blah blah. Maybe other Mercedes parts are interchangeable though.

The early model front does. The back kinda loses it. I would have like a hatch on it. I still think its an amazing car. Its very clean cut in person as well.

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Maybe it just struck me as similar cause its the same color and general shape as my car. With the blended front end, its not to far off. Couple extra vents and a giant benz logo. Just thought it would be interesting to compare.

Oh i see. Can they work with the front wheel flap or is it kind of a one or the other kind of system? Cause I see how both of them work and the benefits of both and I think that it would be possible to incorporate both, the question is: Are they meant to work togther. My understanding is the flap lowers the area of the tire that the air hit head on, lowering drag, and the strakes (thanks for the correction on the name), keep air pressure down. Both are beneficial so I dont see why they cant be used together. Flap on the outside of the diffuser and strakes on the inside. Let me know If I am mistaken or if someone has seen a system similar to this. I will keep reading o the subject and see what I can come up with.

Cool call on the red. You wont regret it.

I do agree that I would have like more of the s30 hatch but I really do like this car.

Yea I kinda noticed. I was hoping someone here had insite on the subject. The racecars seem to have one or the other. Not both. I did find the vortex generator undertray thread, however the pictures have been taken down. Anyone save a copy? Id love to see how that worked out.

Thanks. Ive seen that thread (where I got the first picture), but didnt want to clutter it with a diffrent concept. The goal of this thread is to compare the "flaps" to the "flow divertors", pros and cons of both and if possible, if it is somehow possible to utilize both of them.

Sorry for the pics size. That got a little out of hand but you get the idea. To help visualize here is 240hokes splitter without anything near the front wheels. Only Difference between this design and mine as far as location is that mine will be closer to the floor cause im trying to limit air going under the car (but without having to lower the car even more and loosing even more travel in the shocks, the 17" wheels do not help). Where the splitter meets the air damn im hoping to build a "tapered meeting area". This, Im hoping, will lower the front of the car without actually lowering the car itself if that makes sense.

So I have had some ideas floating around in my head since I started to block off the front of my car, and "while im at it", I wanted to build a front diffuser that was stretched "down" the front of the car so less air would get in the car (I am also building ducts to get cool air to the brakes. In the process Ive see some interesting things on other cars as far as "infont of the wheel aero mods" and wanted some of you guys to give me your opinion. My research on the subject tells me that leading edge of the tire is a PRIME source of drag and lift, so I figure covering it up is probably a good call since im down there anyway.There are two things I am constantly seeing: 1- A front flap that blocks off the front of the wheels (front and rear wheels). I would think that keeping them angled instead of 90 degrees as pictured would me a little more benificial but I could be wrong. 2-An attempt at straightening air thats about to hit the wheels and suspension components. Mostly seen these with air diverters of some sort or giant vortex generators. POSSIBLE 3rd option: having both. The divertors (hope that's the right term) on the "inside" of the car, right before the air hits the suspension components and a flap infront of the wheel? I was looking under the r8 at the la auto show and saw that they had something similar to the divertors right on the rear control arms. Would this be benifical on the s30 cars? The overall goal is to have a very stable car (especially over 100mph).

I think its more s30 z-like than the current 370z (I do like the 370z thou).

Minus the doors, I think its pretty damn close. I like it. The fact it goes with a 6.3 helps too.

I got both of those things already thanks.

I have #3 on your list. Its the rear cover diff cover from 280Z R200. $30 shipped.