Wing and a Prayer

So, its no secret I like the "427" road cars that have done some track duty, One of the road car features ? or inclusions, was the radiator air deflector. The jury seems to be out between it purposed for cooling, or high speed stability, it wasn't homologated with the original race-cars so couldn't be used at the time, but is claimed it assisted the down-force improving stability.

Particular favourite of mine is Bruce Cambern's Infamous CSX 3170.
Photo Credit - Screen Capture From Falken Tyres Video.

In this photo you can see the "Wing" through the radiator opening.




The panel was a folded sheet metal with an aluminium strip bezel along the leading edge.

Photo Credit - Picture of CSX 3170 1/10/2004 from David Borden Collection

I dont have any photos of mounting, but it was adjustable based on other pictures of SCs' with the air deflected towards the top or over the radiator.





My aim was to recreate the look, but not really accuracy of design, what ever the reason was.

Here is my effort.



The "Wing" is an aluminium aerofoil extrusion.
The profile is extruded with provision for a 10mm rod to slide through it, which i then have located in some custom mounts I made to fit the chassis.
The wing is adjustable to deflect up or down by a cam on either end of the shaft which is locked in place to the bracket with a bolt.



In this pic you can see all components,
Body Bracket which is adjustable to centre the assembly in the radiator opening.
Cam bracket which is screwed to the shaft & the Wing with the shaft through it.








The wing is locked to the shaft by screws along the length. of the wing.










The finished installation.











Milling out the Chassis Mounting Brackets on my CNC Router.










Finished Brackets after a tumble to round the edges.