Don’t push yourself too much, my friend. My wife and I were diagnosed with the “dread virus” last Thursday, and it’s knocked the crap out of me, (her…not as much). Just be careful, as this stuff can reach out and bite you in the ass, just when you are feeling better. I hope Mrs. Aussie Shed is OK. I will keep you in my thoughts. Take the time to heal. Your aerodynamic plans for the “zed” are a work of art. When I look at the rear and imagine vertical panels on either side of the mufflers (as you mentioned), it reminds me of an F-15 fighter, looking at it head on around the engines. That’s not a bad thing IMO.
G'day Mate, yes we're in the same boat here, the Missus gave the bloody thing to me. Mrs Aussie Shed is a Cardiac Nurse, she had close exposure to a patient who returned a positive test after a few days. They test everyone who comes in, but it often takes a few days for the viral load to register. They still wear Masks & gowns for the neg patients but not the super duper stuff. Shows how ineffective standard Masks are. Anyhow, i'm over the worst now I reckon, but still feeling it. Has definitely knocked me around though. Cheers Mate.
Great start on the diffuser, looks tight and slick so far. A tight cope to the mufflers (10mm) ish would also be sweet! I know, I know can't be seen except on the lift. But when you're at the car show and you have the mirrors under it that's when it counts! Great series, thanks for sharing. Cheers
Getting yourself ultimately immunised...the best vaccine nature can throw at it, is how I look at it. Get better soon, the fairlady needs you. All I could think about as you were talking about covering the under-body is the heat generated by the exhausts, particularly when you are stopped at the lights on a 40oC day. It occurred to me that, in addition to some air flow you mentioned, to line the exposed floor pan with light aluminium sheet to reflect heat back down and to minimise the heating of the floor pan. Not a lot of air flow, so can be very light aluminium sheet attached to the floor pan, but spaced a few mm from it. Then you have to make sure you don't create spots where water can pool...it is a friggin complex thing you are working on!!!
G'day Benny, yep its doing my head in. The Aero design is fairly easy, Its pretty simple under there & I have experience with automotive Aero, so no Biggy in that regard. As you mentioned, integrating it to work with that shell, with the mechanical layout is the issue. It's forcing compromises that ultimately lead to even more compromises. Like anything the Devil is in the details hey. I'll get there eventually, but currently it two steps forward & one step back. Great comment as always Mate. Cheers.
Awesome work as always mate. Looks great, no way it’s going to be noticeable back down there. Super neat work. But, some discussion of the theory of what’s going on and what’s the intended gains vs sacrifices might be cool (I know you mentioned downforce against weight gain which is it in a nutshell I suppose). But is there a possibility that air flow could enter in underneath and then become captured behind the rear bumper creating a sort of undesirable ‘parachute’ effect? Could cause high drag possibly and defeat the purpose to some extent? Get well soon mate, we had it a while back. Was pretty grim but luckily we’re vaccinated up the wazoo so wasn’t too bad all in all.
G'day Mate, funny you know, I deleted heaps of technical Aero stuff in the editing, I went off on a bit of an Aero tangent & after reviewing it I thought, "Nah I sound like a bit of a know it all tool". I will though, its a promise. I reckon I could talk for at least half an hour just on the issues with the Z32 body shape alone, without even getting into the current mods. The floor area will be mostly closed up with a limited airflow for cooling purposes, there will also be some venting on the back of the rear bar or the diffuser itself to exhaust said air. Cheers Mate.
I think so Jeri. I have just drawn some shapes on the rear bar for exactly that reason, just trying to decide what looks the best at this stage. Cheers Mate.
Not sure why your videos are not getting 10k plus views each. Quality work and fabrication skills mate.
Cheers Mate, probably my poor attempts at humor & occasional coarse language. Lol.
Another great video mate. Hope you’re feeling better soon 👍
Cheers Ricky, thanks Mate.
Don’t push yourself too much, my friend. My wife and I were diagnosed with the “dread virus” last Thursday, and it’s knocked the crap out of me, (her…not as much). Just be careful, as this stuff can reach out and bite you in the ass, just when you are feeling better.
I hope Mrs. Aussie Shed is OK.
I will keep you in my thoughts. Take the time to heal.
Your aerodynamic plans for the “zed” are a work of art.
When I look at the rear and imagine vertical panels on either side of the mufflers (as you mentioned), it reminds me of an F-15 fighter, looking at it head on around the engines. That’s not a bad thing IMO.
G'day Mate, yes we're in the same boat here, the Missus gave the bloody thing to me.
Mrs Aussie Shed is a Cardiac Nurse, she had close exposure to a patient who returned a positive test after a few days. They test everyone who comes in, but it often takes a few days for the viral load to register.
They still wear Masks & gowns for the neg patients but not the super duper stuff.
Shows how ineffective standard Masks are.
Anyhow, i'm over the worst now I reckon, but still feeling it. Has definitely knocked me around though.
Cheers Mate.
👍👍👍👍
Cheers Gary.
Thanks for sharing 👍
Cheers Craig.
Nice one. The rear trim piece looks amazing 👌
Thanks Brother, i'm pretty happy with it. Cheers.
Great start on the diffuser, looks tight and slick so far. A tight cope to the mufflers (10mm) ish would also be sweet! I know, I know can't be seen except on the lift. But when you're at the car show and you have the mirrors under it that's when it counts!
Great series, thanks for sharing.
Cheers
Thanks Rick, yep its coming along. That bit around the Mufflers is the tricky part. Cheers Mate.
The trim piece turned out great. It looks OEM when its on the ground. Hopefully you have a quick recovery.
Cheers Mate, Thankyou.
Superb...really looks good. You take care of yourself buddy
Thanks Mate, will do. Cheers.
Getting yourself ultimately immunised...the best vaccine nature can throw at it, is how I look at it. Get better soon, the fairlady needs you.
All I could think about as you were talking about covering the under-body is the heat generated by the exhausts, particularly when you are stopped at the lights on a 40oC day.
It occurred to me that, in addition to some air flow you mentioned, to line the exposed floor pan with light aluminium sheet to reflect heat back down and to minimise the heating of the floor pan. Not a lot of air flow, so can be very light aluminium sheet attached to the floor pan, but spaced a few mm from it. Then you have to make sure you don't create spots where water can pool...it is a friggin complex thing you are working on!!!
G'day Benny, yep its doing my head in. The Aero design is fairly easy, Its pretty simple under there & I have experience with automotive Aero, so no Biggy in that regard. As you mentioned, integrating it to work with that shell, with the mechanical layout is the issue. It's forcing compromises that ultimately lead to even more compromises. Like anything the Devil is in the details hey. I'll get there eventually, but currently it two steps forward & one step back.
Great comment as always Mate. Cheers.
Looks amazing
Good work bro
Whoa ! If thats the work you do w/ a handicap. I tellya
Cheers Jeri, Thanks Mate.
Awesome work as always mate. Looks great, no way it’s going to be noticeable back down there. Super neat work. But, some discussion of the theory of what’s going on and what’s the intended gains vs sacrifices might be cool (I know you mentioned downforce against weight gain which is it in a nutshell I suppose). But is there a possibility that air flow could enter in underneath and then become captured behind the rear bumper creating a sort of undesirable ‘parachute’ effect? Could cause high drag possibly and defeat the purpose to some extent? Get well soon mate, we had it a while back. Was pretty grim but luckily we’re vaccinated up the wazoo so wasn’t too bad all in all.
G'day Mate, funny you know, I deleted heaps of technical Aero stuff in the editing, I went off on a bit of an Aero tangent & after reviewing it I thought, "Nah I sound like a bit of a know it all tool". I will though, its a promise. I reckon I could talk for at least half an hour just on the issues with the Z32 body shape alone, without even getting into the current mods. The floor area will be mostly closed up with a limited airflow for cooling purposes, there will also be some venting on the back of the rear bar or the diffuser itself to exhaust said air.
Cheers Mate.
Would vents in the rear bumper help w/ drag?
I like what you've designed here.
I think so Jeri. I have just drawn some shapes on the rear bar for exactly that reason, just trying to decide what looks the best at this stage. Cheers Mate.
@@TheAussieShed might as well see how she does on the track .
Maybe it wont be necessary. What an awesome build . Keep up the good work