Front Wing

Well. Lordy. After months of me looking at the front wing and the front wing looking back at me, the silent impasse was broken. Narrowed the wing to 1200mm from 1350mm to bring it into proportion with the front of the car. Then went for a couple of 10mm x 30mm steel flat bar struts bolted to the chassis with x4 grade-12 M8 bolts. The thought of the wing detaching at 300kmph and slicing the front tires to shreds did not amuse me. Probably overkill (bad expression) but I stood on the stays (stayed on the stoods?) without the wing attached and they didn't bend. Hammered up a couple of 5mm flat bars initially with trusty hammer and vice (sorry Mr Vice and sorry neighbours...) to get roughly the right profile then asked the local engineer to bend up a pair of much nicer looking 10mm stays. Solid. The wings were drilled and an internal tube collar thingy fitted in the holes to prevent the wings being crushed when the nuts were tightened. The 2nd set of holes allows the wing to be moved into a more aggressive angle of attack. I'll fit discrete rubber bungs to the unused holes to tidy them up. Threw some CF vinyl wrap at the elements, some zinc galv black at the stays and a rattle can at the end plates (all very, very poorly executed, will get everything redone professionally near the end of the project, just want to check that I am on the rightish path with the colour scheme). Stole the FR500 plate off the Subaru (temporary lodgings) and looked at the car with its rego in place for the first time. Lump in throat (I coughed it up. Feeling much better, thank you). Will have a look at the rear wing tomorrow.

L8R, Ladies.

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