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Phoenix body moulds
Posted: Mon Sep 30, 2013 10:44 am
by 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
Re: Phoenix body moulds
Posted: Mon Sep 30, 2013 1:54 pm
by 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
Re: Phoenix body moulds
Posted: Mon Sep 30, 2013 2:39 pm
by peter030371
I must of missed it a few months ago
I wonder if the diffuser will fit the Striker
Re: Phoenix body moulds
Posted: Mon Sep 30, 2013 7:35 pm
by jeffw
It isn't really the Phoenix we know and love, more Mk4 Clubman with Fury rear tub.
Re: Phoenix body moulds
Posted: Mon Sep 30, 2013 7:52 pm
by dopdog
Re: Phoenix body moulds
Posted: Tue Oct 01, 2013 10:49 pm
by matt_gsxr
Those NACA ducts on the bonnet are the wrong way around, although maybe they function fine that way it is unconventional.
Re: Phoenix body moulds
Posted: Tue Oct 01, 2013 11:02 pm
by 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.
Re: Phoenix body moulds
Posted: Wed Oct 02, 2013 9:47 am
by 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.
Re: Phoenix body moulds
Posted: Wed Oct 02, 2013 10:25 am
by 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.
Re: Phoenix body moulds
Posted: Fri Oct 04, 2013 10:49 am
by 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.
