[GaryK]

Randy- I see from your sig that you run ITE with your Camaro. I'm just curious what all you've done to it. I don't see many fbods roadracing out here with NASA. There are of course more running with SCCA, but I've mostly been to NASA events so I don't get to see much of them. Its interesting to see what others are doing.

One thing in particular I'm wondering about is your front air dam, which I can see in your avatar. When I get done with everything else, I was going to look at building either a removable splitter or an air dam for the nose.

[Jon A]

Yes, it is worth the trouble. A splitter will help these cars the same way it helps any car. In roadracing, it's not all about being "slick." In fact, many things (like a big rear wing) make the car less slick. It is all about downforce.

Keeping air from entering below the nose of the car (relocating the radiator intake to the front) is a good step. The less air that gets under the nose, the better--not just for front downforce, but downforce along the length of the car (this is what the sideskirts do--prevent air from entering the low pressure area under the car from the sides). You don't need to be going a million miles an hour to gain benefits either. Look at what a simple air damn does to the front lift on the 911:

(IMG:http://www.jonaadland.com/NewPics2/Porschelift.jpg)

At only 100 MPH the front axle is being lifted by more than 60 lbs. That's taking away a lot of cornering grip. The simple air dam reduces that to nil. The only difference for an F-Body is how much downforce or lift it has stock. Improving upon that is going to be an improvement.

Something like this:

(IMG:http://www.derhaag.com/images/1995bodyworksmall.jpg)

Is going to provide a big benefit.