Phoenix body moulds

[peter030371]

Nothing to do with me but just seen this on ebay http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/261297197747?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1555.l2649 if anyone fancies converting a Striker to a Phoenix

Not 100% sure it's legal to sell a set of moulds for a car still in production but that depends how Sylva/ Raw protected the design

[matt_gsxr]

Don't start on the "is it legal thing", we did that months ago.

Quite fancy a rear diffuser, if one of you kind people buy the moulds.

Matt

[peter030371]

I must of missed it a few months ago

I wonder if the diffuser will fit the Striker

[jeffw]

It isn't really the Phoenix we know and love, more Mk4 Clubman with Fury rear tub.

[dopdog]

Yeah but is it legal

[matt_gsxr]

Those NACA ducts on the bonnet are the wrong way around, although maybe they function fine that way it is unconventional.

[adithorp]

They'll work that way for "sucking" hot air out after the rad'. I doubt it'd be a significant amount compared to what goes in through the grill.

[matt_gsxr]

As I see it they will function (as those NACA boys originally designed them) only when going in reverse!

This Ferrari has them in the more conventional orientation.

[adithorp]

I understood in conventional orientation, they took air in with minimal disruption to the airflow behind them but if fitted "backwards" they sucked air out due to venturi effect, again with minimal airflow disruption.

[matt_gsxr]

In its normal use the sharp edges act as vortex generators that help the air through the duct overcoming the problem with the slow moving boundary layer.
Reversing the flow direction will not result in the same helpful behaviour.

It wasn't designed for exhausting air, so although it might do something it is inelegant.

Bit like using a cordless drill as a hammer. It may work, but it isn't right.