Last week I finished off the aero mods on the CRX
The front splitter was made with 3mm aluminium sheet, supported by steel pipe, crushed at the ends to make a mating surface and bent in a vice to the correct angle to allow it to mount to the splitter and the car frame. The whole lot was then powdercoated black.
The rear diffuser was similar, with cutouts to clear the towing eye and backbox. It then had fins made from the same material, riveted onto 90 degree brackets
I was then told the front splitter would never clear The Mountain at Cadwell Park, so that was removed. I then headed out to Cadwell for its first ever track outing. This was a shakedown test to check reliability and test various systems on the car.
It's a little down on power lately, it gets fuel surge and there's a couple of changes I need to make but overall it went well.
Here's my first couple of steady out laps, excuse the camera shake
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hnc1wiyBpmQ&t=95s
Here's a cool trackside video of me smashing my diffuser
https://youtu.be/vykWn20b3l4
I was at a fairly steady pace, and clocked a 1min 46, equalling my PB. To go quicker, I need to ask more of the car. It can give so much more, the lack of weight gives it the ability to push hard the whole lap. I didn't even get the tyres squealing!
Now I need to decide on whether to do another trackday in it, or start early on the modifications to prepare it for the Ring next year.