here's an old trick that my dad used to use during his old pinto racing days. he would go to a john deer or farm and tractor supply and buy a strip of their rubber matting or rubber tracking material. then he would cut it to the proper size and bolt it on using big fender washers to even out the pressure area so the bolts didn't just rip through. he said that it worked great and was a cheap solution for a race car back in the 70's/80's. he also said alot of nascar teams would do this as well.

 

You mean, like this?



And no. Luke, I am NOT your father....

I have no trouble keeping cool, even with the A/C on. I use a 180°F thermostat, 187°/195°F fan settings on my SINGLE stock fan, and no frontal air openings. I keep the cooling system flushed clean, and use DexCool solution. I don't understand why I can stay cool at 98°F and no one else can seem to accomplish this. Granted, it's only a little 305, but a 350 with two fans should almost be able to make ice cubes. I don't have ANY openings in the front fascia. A Camaro should have a distinct advantage in that respect.

And yes, speed bumps, speed humps, and steep approaches on driveways can be a challenge, and must be crossed at an angle to step the nose over the obstruction. I have 1½" of clearance and manage with no problems. (The real solution to speed humps and bumps is a Caterpillar D8.)

I actually enjoy driving through neighborhoods that have speed humps installed. I slow to nearly nothing, angle the car across the pavement fault, straighten up, then sharply depress the loud pedal to wake up/smoke up the neighbors. Too bad they didn't THINK a little before electing to install polyps in their pavement. As Red would say "Dumb-asses." After all, one must accelerate rather sharply upon leaving a speed hump so as not to get rear-ended by the vehicles approaching from behind at the prescribed 15 MPH crossing speed. It's even more fun in the SS, which is considerably louder and makes a lot more tire smoke, but also has the low frontal clearance "problem".

"I cannot safely travel that fast over them, officer. Are you suggesting I do something unsafe on a public thoroughfare?"

I've had the "phat" air dams and side air skirts for at least six years and have only actually had them touch the pavement maybe 10-15 times. Simply, you NEED some air deflection.

 

Wow I forgot about this thread i made, well i no longer have cooling issues because i put the new airdam on the right way(previous one was on backwards) and i have a 180*thermo as well so i cruise at 180-190 all the time now.And i guess i am used to the scraping sound, you just have to learn to live with it i guess

 

just like that vader. he was telling me that it was more so for downforce like with the nascar cars of today but it did help with cooling when it was recesed further back like that trans am.

 

This is my new air dam setup. Had it on for a couple weeks now and it works fine. IMO better than stock since its about an inch shorter, but even if it scrapes which it doesnt that i can tell, it would still flex a bit.

Home depot for < $20. Could notch the middle to make it fit nicer but hey this was my prototype.

 

I'm missing the part(s) that go from the bumper .. heading towards the airdam ... just got pieces of plastic remaining here and there.. and a bunch of holes i nthe bumper.. where this part(s) should be attached to

So got myself some plastic.. thin.. too thin.... but will reinforce it with fiberglass.. and make something out of it

That way I can cut my airdam by maybe one inch .., since it cools too much on the freeway

 

did TDS ever start selling that scrape guard?

i checked the site. could not find

 

i live up in alaska and the roads here suck a$$ ive abused my air damn time and time again hitting construction new pavement drops and raises at high speeds and i put a bigger motor in my car and my frount struts are shot...but another alternative would be ram air hood, cowl induction hood, or just place vents in the hood....i kno my car has overheated due to the lack of ventalation...im also running engine coolent you can buy at kenworth truck shops and it seems to work really well

 

now that good, almost as good as my 2 1/2 year primered paint job, incase i get in scratches or dents i can just fix them up real quick.