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Old Apr 6, 2021 | 04:22 PM
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Custom under body aero

I was driving straight mile events and experiencing some unusual drift from the car. I talked to a lot of people at the track and researched some of the faster cars. I decided to create my own under body aero kit. I'm no engineer, but figured this may help, and it did. Down the track at 202.2 it felt solid.

I started out using cardboard templates, and then transferred it to some dibond sign material. Its basically a stack of aluminum, plastic, aluminum. Easy to cut, shape, and install.

It starts in the front tucked into the lip and is 3 pieces that eventually curl up under my rear bumper to create a rear fin.





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Old Apr 7, 2021 | 02:45 PM
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https://www.rx7club.com/3rd-gen-gene...y-diy-1133281/

Check out this thread for some more inspiration.
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Old Apr 16, 2021 | 07:07 AM
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Looks great! Do you have more photos of the finished product, or the mounting you decided on?
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Old Apr 17, 2021 | 12:22 PM
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I've thought about doing this as well, but had no idea how to go about it lol. I was imagining you'd have to run it all the way across the bottom of the car, but I guess just blocking off the tunnel works enough huh? That should make it much easier.

I removed the shields on the bottom of the cars years ago and never put them back on. I never understood their benefit, but it seems like this was it. I thought it was for keeping debris out of the open areas under the car.
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