Are they any nifty tricks and tips in order to minimize wing wobble with the race clip and carbon wing?
In order to allow the stantions to pivot back I glued 5 (on each side) nylon washers between the diffuser and the stantions. Then I ran a diagonal cross brace on each side of the stantions, from the top of left to the bottom of the right, and vice versa. We also added a horizontal cross bar half-way up the stantions for extra support and as a license plate holder.
Stantions are bolted to the diffuser (and gapped with the nylon washers) with 3/8'' bolts.
I'm not quite sure what else i can do to minimize wing wobble because I still get a fair bit - the diffuser really likes to transmit vibration. E.g., with the engine off if i bounce the car's suspension it transmits into a little bit of wing wobble. If I smack the diffuser with my hand, a little bit of wing wobble.
The wing itself is solidly bolted to the stantions, but the vibrations from the engine and any bouncing on the road makes it wiggle a bit.
I tried removing the nylon washers between the diffuser and the stantions and replacing them with a 3/16'' rubber pad. That made the wing wobble A LOT worse....I was hoping the rubber would dampen the vibration, but it didn't ... it seems the best way to minimize it is just to space the stantions off the diffuser, not to try to clam them solidly together.
Out of ideas?
edit: Mine's braced the same way as Cam's, except my diagonal cross bars are mounted a bit lower than his.
http://www.gt40s.com/forum/322428-post263.html
In order to allow the stantions to pivot back I glued 5 (on each side) nylon washers between the diffuser and the stantions. Then I ran a diagonal cross brace on each side of the stantions, from the top of left to the bottom of the right, and vice versa. We also added a horizontal cross bar half-way up the stantions for extra support and as a license plate holder.
Stantions are bolted to the diffuser (and gapped with the nylon washers) with 3/8'' bolts.
I'm not quite sure what else i can do to minimize wing wobble because I still get a fair bit - the diffuser really likes to transmit vibration. E.g., with the engine off if i bounce the car's suspension it transmits into a little bit of wing wobble. If I smack the diffuser with my hand, a little bit of wing wobble.
The wing itself is solidly bolted to the stantions, but the vibrations from the engine and any bouncing on the road makes it wiggle a bit.
I tried removing the nylon washers between the diffuser and the stantions and replacing them with a 3/16'' rubber pad. That made the wing wobble A LOT worse....I was hoping the rubber would dampen the vibration, but it didn't ... it seems the best way to minimize it is just to space the stantions off the diffuser, not to try to clam them solidly together.
Out of ideas?
edit: Mine's braced the same way as Cam's, except my diagonal cross bars are mounted a bit lower than his.
http://www.gt40s.com/forum/322428-post263.html
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