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Put a 69 Camaro front dam on my Vett the other day

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69 DIRTY RAT:
Dont know if anyone has done it but…….

I needed something that is reasonably easy to get on and off and super light weight for track work, so I thought why not try and modify a 69 Camaro front air dam to fit my Vett.

It was fairly easy to modify by cutting small V's top and bottom of the lip at the pointy section. Then I heated up the plastic by waving my heat gun on the middle and slowly bent it to the vetts shape. Then heated the lip section at the top and slowly bent that up (except for a section either end of the dam where the bolts are horizontal where I left it flat lipped). Then I attached a small section of aluminum to the bottom of the lip to help make the cut I did stronger. It came out looking pretty good!

I was going to do more pix but I drove the car out my garage so I can fit my trailer onto the hoist WHEN driving out not thinking about its low clearance and I hit the dam on the road coming out of my driveway! DOOOOH! Now I have to get another one!
*So just a warning, it would be no good for street use! Just the track!

(sorry my car is a bit dirty, I haven't driven it for a few weeks!)




Damage After the my stupidness

MADVET:
I'm curious to know why you are modifying a Camaro spoiler to fit instead of just getting a Corvette one and bolting it straight on??:huh:

Maybe something like this:
 http://www.ebay.com/itm/1968-thru-1972-C3-Corvette-Custom-Fiberglass-Front-Spoiler-Race-Track-LT1-L88-/330714466402?hash=item4d001e4862&item=330714466402&pt=Motors_Car_Truck_Parts_Accessories&vxp=mtr

72vet:
There would have been some choice words after spending all that time fitting it then to destroy it on its first outing. :bang:

Must be that time of year to be fitting Air dams, just about finished fitting the same one as what Madvet suggested. The only thing is, being fiberglass it would only take one off track mishap and you would destroy the thing. The way it bolts onto the car you probably would do some damage the car as well.

bfit:
R&R always has it set backs

Why that large dam  is it for cooling reason. :cool:
I would think so  
Can you get the same result with a large radiator .
Better  fan shroud etc
 If you are going to push more frontal area it must slow you down
:mad:
Bfit  

anychevy:
I had a nasty small block 68 (years ago) that would go so light in the front, it would drift across 3 lanes on the freeway :wtf: Not good !
You need something better than the stock thing, if you intend on going north of 160  :evil: JMO

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