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Old Sep 2, 2009 | 10:57 AM
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Vortex generator

Anyone know where you can get one, or will fit on our Ralliarts? I know AMS sells a carbon fiber one, but its hella expensive, I have seen a Lancer in town with one at West Edmonton Mall, he must work at T&T supermarket, the guy converted his Lancer to a Ralliart....minus all the performance, AWD....so a lookalike Ralliart, but diff front bumper, he installed the side fender vents from a evo..asian liscence plate, and seat covers, sooo riced out haha....i should take a pic the next time i see it ..but anyways anyone know?

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Old Sep 2, 2009 | 11:13 AM
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Why would a turbocharged vehicle need a vortex generator?
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Old Sep 2, 2009 | 11:16 AM
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I dunno the Old Evo's had them, I just want it for the looks
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Old Sep 2, 2009 | 11:52 AM
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I was thinking of those things you put in your intake (tornado I think).

Ignore what I said!
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Old Sep 2, 2009 | 11:59 AM
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i have a vg on my lancer , if you want i can take a pic for you so you can see what its like and give you my link for it , its around 100$ and that includes shipping and colour matched to your car , pm me for more info cuz ill probabily forget about this thread
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Old Sep 2, 2009 | 12:01 PM
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Why would a turbocharged vehicle need a vortex generator?
cuz it looks cool lol, appearently they put em on the evos cuz it helped the wind flow off the wing better but how it will work on the new lancers,ra and evos i dunno , it just looks good
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Old Sep 2, 2009 | 12:19 PM
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Vortex Generators helped big time with rear aerodynamics. Similar to the function of the air dams on the under-side of the front and rear ends of the Evo X.
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Old Sep 2, 2009 | 12:20 PM
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Originally Posted by RotorGlow
I was thinking of those things you put in your intake (tornado I think).

Ignore what I said!

haha
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Old Sep 2, 2009 | 01:15 PM
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vortex generator has NOTHING to do with a car's engine lay out LOL...it creates less turbulence on the rear side of the car.
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Old Sep 2, 2009 | 01:33 PM
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Originally Posted by RotorGlow
I was thinking of those things you put in your intake (tornado I think).

Ignore what I said!
Haha!
Lucky u replied back that fast! ... or I would've given you an ugly picture... ah what the heck here it goes:





I too want one of those, maybe u could buy it somewhere in UK... the FQ-360 comes with it from factory:

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Old Sep 2, 2009 | 01:36 PM
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Actually the vortex generator creates more turbulence which increases the efficiency of the rear wing. It is not at all like the front and rear air dams that aim to reduce lift and the amount of air underneath the car. The difference is decent but not exactly gigantic, we're talking about an extra 100 lbs of down force at speeds above 100 MPH.
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Old Sep 2, 2009 | 01:39 PM
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Haha!
Lucky u replied back that fast! ... or I would've given you an ugly picture... ah what the heck here it goes:



After searching around and finding nothing but CF VGs for 250+...I found THIS:
http://www.x-factordesign.com/sharfinsvoltex HAS PICS! of RR 2008+ lancer
According to that...they're 55USD. Made of ABS Plastic.

Hot linking, yay:



Last edited by DatRAzn; Sep 2, 2009 at 01:44 PM. Reason: added pix.
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Old Sep 2, 2009 | 01:57 PM
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After searching around and finding nothing but CF VGs for 250+...I found THIS:
http://www.x-factordesign.com/sharfinsvoltex HAS PICS! of RR 2008+ lancer
According to that...they're 55USD. Made of ABS Plastic.
And the shipping is 200 bucks haha!



I also wanted to order their Side view mirrors and they're like 100 bucks, and the total turned to be 275 with shipping
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Old Sep 2, 2009 | 02:03 PM
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And the shipping is 200 bucks haha!



I also wanted to order their Side view mirrors and they're like 100 bucks, and the total turned to be 275 with shipping
I just noticed that the shipping was going to be obnoxious. . Smashed my hopes and dreams, that's it. Its all over now!

I'll keep poking around, something'll turn up...
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Old Sep 2, 2009 | 02:55 PM
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There's that Rick Chong guy on ebay that EvoSoul got a vortex generator from. I'm contemplating buying one (it's like 150 including shipping to Canada) if I can convince my wife it doesn't look retarded.
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