Healey Sports Cars

Jim that would be a great help thanks. Maybe just the bolt on fix I'm looking for! Dave.

Getting air under the car does not equal lift. How it interacts with the air going over,(top side of wing), does. The speed differential between the two basic air flows, helps determine lift. Well designed lip spoilers, skirts and air dams are effective in reducing lift by reducing volume of air,(bottom side of wing), under the car."Turbine" wheels are an aid, as they tend to pull air out, from under car, while better cooling the brakes. Belly pans "reduce" lift, because they speed-up the air flow under the car. By reducing the speed differential top/bottom, that crude wing becomes much less effective.Since belly pans reduce aero drag, car will be faster. 2cents, roverman.



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Thanks Roverman, I will be looking at a few different local Bugeye's that are in racer trim and implore a mix of skirting, dams and spoiler pieces to remedy the lift problem, or so they say. I'm currently building a new header from some 1/8" tubing, seems the 20 gauge I used actually melted at high speeds. Come to find out these Rotary run so hot that regular header piping will just crystallize and melt away! Crazy stuff these Wankel's. Here is the batch of thick wall piping and flanges I picked up on E-bay. I'll post a pic when I'm done. I'm glad I paid for that 2000* heat shield because if not I'm sure the car would have burned to the ground when it blew!

Check out his aero package, interesting!
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here is the picture of spridgetechs mold for the non flaired bonnet they can do it with or without brake air ducts
they quoted me $ 100.00 + shipping I think I will try it

jim



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I'm going to look them up!

I have not tried to fit this yet the fiberglass is race weight bit lighter than my speedwell bonnet
but overall it looks good Ill try to fit it some time this winter

jim

That looks awesome, how are you going to attach it!

I havent got that far yet more than likely fiberglass I will work on it later this year but should have it ready for spring

jim

That shape does not looks as complex as I thought. I wonder if I can pound one out of sheet metal as I could weld it on? Seem like that bottom bead will be the tricky part.

it would be worth a tri if you need more pictures or measurements let me know

What a winter man! The end is near!!!!!! At least it stopped snowing! I can't wait to finish up and do some serious driving!

All legal and run the stuff out it. The rotary is eating the rear tires off it, but I'm sure my heavy foot is not helping!

Finally got some seats, went with the Miata seats for comfort. Also added a flush mount filler cap for the fuel cell.






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Tadaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

Ready for paint!

Finally Painted

Nice!

Hey Dave. I followed your project, Thought you did a great job.So nice to work outside in the south with out winter breathing down your neck half the year.I liked the video of your test drive,that part of the country must be great for sports cars.The colour looks great .hope you have lots of happy miles on your car.

Thanks Chris and Tim. It been along time coming but well worth it. It loves the back roads and feels like a KART car with the high revving Rotary. Perfect match. Plus I shed 100lbs +, it weighed in at 1306lbs once completed.