Der Sportwagen

and drop links, GT3 lower control arms, toe links, and custom exhaust. The suspension will allow us to dial in some mega camber and stiffen things up nicely! And this is when the gnomes come in at night and install the parts. Exhaust is one of the downfalls of watching these cars on track. Most guys will run straight pipes instead of mufflers, but the problem is the pitch is 100x worse than someone running their nails down a chalkboard. It is ear piercing. Straight pipes will also lose a little hp due to the lack of back pressure, which is why we are running dual magnaflow mufflers which are lightweight and a straight through design, while still being muffled. The sound is fantastic. I feel that since our new editor is taking Der Sportwagen online, that I can keep writing without fear of taking too much space from The President's Column, so here we go. For rear aerodynamics, the pop up spoiler must be fixed in the upright position per the rules. This is fairly simple to do with the right tools. First you remove the rear spoiler and motor assembly. Once you have the motor assembly out, you can take it apart and use the posts that attach to the spoiler since they are already tapped for the bolt, and just cut them shorter. Then you get the plasma cutter out and build some base plates, the welder out to put it all together, and then hope that it fits! And thus, I have to stop. I want to keep going because the car looks so bad ass right now (sorry Stan, per my contractual agreement with the previous editor I am allowed one swear 12 All word an issue). I have to save material for the next issue. A little parting picture with the exhaust exiting out the center of the bumper per spec rules. Don't worry, the gnomes stayed late to make that look pretty sweet, but you can't see that part until the next issue! And this is when the gnomes come in at night - Karl and install the That's okay Karl. I can live with one sware word per column. parts. ~ Editor. January / February 2014

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