Ventilated front undertray

Great idea. How much material did you remove from the flat panel. Did you cut slots or drill holes or did you just cut out a big square hole. Thanks for the tip.

 

Nice.
I've got one of the louvered ones coming from Gerry at ForzaParts... mainly because the one on my car was just missing!! Good to hear first hand knowledge that the things are truly functional as well.

Thanks,
Rick

 

Oh well, you just reduced the best way to obtain downforce without the drag backlash but then again i assume the car is just for driving on public roads so no real harm done and you added comfort.

 

Hi Ntonio,

A great guy named "Gleggy", from Down Under has manufacturered louvered plates, sump baffels, skid plates and probably a bunch of other goodies. I believe Nick's Forza might be handling some of his stuff.

At $65. for a group buy, i couldn't pass it up.

Here is a photo.

The aluminum louvered piece you have shown is very very fragile. I use them on water heater closet doors. It would be super easy to flatten out the luvers by hitting leaves on the road, well almost

HTH,
chris

Here is a link to one of the threads containing info about Gleggy's stuff.

http://www.ferrarichat.com/forum/showthread.php?t=171706&highlight=sump+baffle
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Yes, the tradeoff.

You may be able to regain some of the lost aero efficiency by adding an airdam of some sort right at the front of the tires, but of course you lose more ground clearance.

You may also be able to make it up by extending the belly pan as far back as possible before it starts to interfere with engine cooling, or maybe the belly pan is already as far back as possible before engine air is compromised, as teh frame seems to have some air scoops welding into it here and there.

Doug

 

Hi Antonio,

I am not suggesting we do the group buy, but rather that i was able to take advantage of one through Daniel Cookson in the above mentioned post. It is a nice piece.

And as Steven mentiones, yes, you might just possibly loose 1.02 pounds of downforce at street legal speeds - but anything we cando to help keep the interior cool and lower engine temps is welcomed

chris

 

The grills are sorta ok it comes to getting rid of the of some of the excess heat from front every little bit helps ...i had the my grill installed for 4 yrs and there no way the the temp in the cab has been improved very little hot air is directing from under the wheel tub and out the grill but what about the top the tub it is that close the the rad the hot air hits it and is diverted to the sides of the tub then hits the fire wall next time you drive your car on a warm/hot day pop the front feel the wheel tub yes it's hot feel around the brake booster etc the booster will aslo be hot all the heat coming of the booster hitting it
and then f/wall lift the carpet around the pedals see how hot it is ..............
now remove the batt lid and feel the front face of the batt it is cold see there is a steel plate at the front which diverts hot air around the batt every thing around that area is hot
except the batt to fix this problem i had to divert all the hot air coming off the rad
out to the sides of the car towards the fender grills and around the underside..........this is my fix and works for me the cab is now way cooler its not pretty but everything is reversable it needs to be painted yet and a new piece fabbed to cover the batt with the engine running and the rad fans on you can feel the heat coming off the rad and out the fender grills
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Wow, that is some serious solution to this problem. I hope you got the functional part working cause the aesthetics are just insane!

Ace

 

all works well ....took about a day to fab up nothing lost alot gained ..........cheers

 

Do the louvers really work? My wife hates the heat that comes in. Sure would be nice to eliminate this. Are the louvers and skid plate still available?

Thanks

 

My 2c worth no they don't not so you will notice the diff in the cab

 

Thanks. I guess i wont bother than! the skidplate looks like a good idea though.

Cheers

 

I got the skid plate from someone who never installed theirs, but I have been in contact with Gerry (new email - [email protected]) and I have one of the louver plates and the extra sump baffle coming as we speak (errr, type) - so yes they are still available.

Does it work? I think this is like anything we discuss here... folks are going to argue both ways. My feeling is if you give the hot air some place to dump, it will. I haven't tried it yet, I can only go by what Magnum (and others have) experienced... he seems to think it perceivable difference. I never really felt much heat in the car when mine was on the road (oh so many years ago now). But my car was missing that plate all together!! I was concerned how putting a plate back on there was going to affect engine cooling and passenger comfort. I felt Gerry's plate to be a worthwhile compromise. Looks like Magnum has a nice home-grown adaptation as well.

But yeah, I can also see where dumping a bit of hot air into that air stream under the car will probably have some impact on downforce... I wouldn't do it on our race cars... but my 308 isn't a race car. And... I'm going back together with a deep Euro nose so I think I've compensated for whatever loss I may induce with a vented lower panel.

my $.02 worth,
Rick

 

I drove my 308QV for about 2500 miles this summer with no panel at all and there was still quite a bit of heat 'bleading' into the footwell area. For some of this both fiberglass liners were in place, for some only the front piece, and for some neither.
Most if not all of the hot air seemed to be comiing in through the large center dash vent hose. Stuffing insulation around the hose seemed to help a bit.
Luckily we had a cooler than normal summer here, but until I worked on a bit my feet were still frying.

 

On hot days I pull the front compartment release,
it pops up about an inch, maybe relieves the positive
pressure in there?, seems to help keep the heat out of the cab.

 

Rizzo, I love your car, its mods, and your posts, but i sure wish you would use periods (.) in your posts, would be easier to read!



Greg

 

i bought one in the group buy. it works great. reduced the heat intrusion by 40%. the wife even mentioned the improvement so it must be making a difference.

 

Got mine from danielcookson when we had the group buy along with the skid plate.
It's anodized aluminum. Works great and noticeably reduced heat.
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Miketuason, is that piece for the rear, and is it still available? I'm kind of confused if you guys are talking about the front or rear pieces. Thanks, Dennis (Dino246gt)

 

In the picture, you are lookning at the bottom surface. The louvers point to the back, as you would expect, otherwise it would be a scoop, picking up pieces of gravel off of speed bumps

chris