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Re: Rear spoilers on FWD cars Thu, 04 March 2004 04:00 Go to previous messageGo to previous message
Its all about finding that balance with a race car
On a road car most wings are a WANK. Remamber the most Important Function of a wing is to help increase Cornering speed
by putting more Force (G) on the tyres as they are whats in contact with the road..Which has nothing to do with which wheels it is being driven from.

As a rule of thumb the more you give area the same amount you take away from another.

IE. If you increase the front wing on a car you will increase the amount of grip to the front making the car oversteer and you loose rear grip, If you increase the rear too much you will find the car understeer taking grip from the front. Again this is all assuming that the dampers you are running are very hard because any downforce will apply preassure to the dampers first then the tyres. And dont even get me started on other factors like tyre compounds/bump and rebound rates/springs/rollbars etc etc.. which are more likely to increase lap times then wings.

Ben
AE86 Trueno (with a WANKY wing) 4AGE


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Read Message   Rear spoilers on FWD cars ShrakaWed, 03 March 2004 09:36
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