Does anyone know of a good air dam for the Pinto/Bobcat body? I used to use one from JC Whitney. It was fiberglass and heavy as hell, but it worked okay, and looked okay, too. It has been disontinued. I saw some photos of Pinto42's car, and it looked like he has a workable airdam. Maybe we'll just have to use the plastic roll material for "oval track applications."
Pinto Airdams
- Thread starter MarkL
- Start date
Mark, If you are running a 79-80 car that square bumper works great for making your own we used t-45 alum. with a short rubber skirt (to the rims) i.e. as low as u can go. This was good for 150 rpms at Riverside (back stright) Now I have a peice of conver belt its about 1/8" thick it is heavy but off roading does seem to hurt it (so far) there was a place in the LA Habra area that was a Pinto body kit maker called Precison pro-formance but they are into panteras and the like. Good Luck Glenn FFR
D
Dick Elliott
Guest
Go to your local plastics dealer and get yourself a 4 by 8 sheet of 1/8 thick ABS. I've always got black, but I think you can get it in colors. With a heat gun, you can mold this stuff in to a real nice air dam. It is bullet proof too. The only one I ever hurt came loose and I ran over it with the race car. On my 80 Pinto, I bolted it to the back side of the bumper and rapped it around the lower part of the fenders, and cut it off to match the wheel openings.Cheap too. DICK
D
Dick Elliott
Guest
MARK!
The plastic roll stuff the circle track people use, is like a wet noodle when used at speed. Look at a picture of a circle track car at speed and you will see what I'm talking about. They tend to use it for side skirts. #42s air dam is a factory rice burners air dam, but I don't remember which one. Go to www.fordpinto.com and look at the picture of his car. You can e-mail Barry off of that site.DICK
The plastic roll stuff the circle track people use, is like a wet noodle when used at speed. Look at a picture of a circle track car at speed and you will see what I'm talking about. They tend to use it for side skirts. #42s air dam is a factory rice burners air dam, but I don't remember which one. Go to www.fordpinto.com and look at the picture of his car. You can e-mail Barry off of that site.DICK
I used .060" ABS to make mine. It's velcroed on and works great. I do have a bit of support from the bottom of the bumper, but the bottom 4" or so is free to flex a bit should it have to, for curbs or other off road operation.
Here's a picture:
Also, I've found that real ABS glue works best. I originally used "all purpose" glue and it didn't work as well. (We don't have ABS plumbing in Michigan, I had to get ABS glue at an RV place, they use ABS plumbing.)
[This message has been edited by tderonne (edited July 15, 2003).]
Here's a picture:
Also, I've found that real ABS glue works best. I originally used "all purpose" glue and it didn't work as well. (We don't have ABS plumbing in Michigan, I had to get ABS glue at an RV place, they use ABS plumbing.)
[This message has been edited by tderonne (edited July 15, 2003).]