damian

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Ok, this is yet another catch up post on a mods I did over the winter.



Here is my thread on the cf hatch (lexan info and pics on page 3 of the post):
https://www.rx7club.com/showthread.p...t=damian+hatch

My thread on the wing:
https://www.rx7club.com/showthread.p...ht=damian+wing

Ok, so now I need to mount this massive silly *** wing on my CF hatch to that it dosnt rip off at 160 mph on the track :-)

Now, keep in mind this is a track car, so I would do this very differently on a street/show car. Since its my track car I ws not to concerned with looks or to careful when I hacked stuff up. ;-)

First thing is understanding the 'skeleton' of the hatch and where there is space to put a support 'plate'.



Based on the side of the hatch shape and the holes that provide space to insert a plate, I ended up with a aluminum plate that looked like this:


Here is it inserted and bolted up:


Its bolted to the wingmounts so that it the support is on the aluminum plate, spreading any force along the entire plate surface area in contact with the cf hatch. It is very solid, you can move the car around by the wing supports without a worry and definetly not worry about lossing the wing or ripping the hatch at high speed..