Performance vs. Rear Wing
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Re: What is the car for?
Originally posted by BlackLoTuS
What it will help you at is attracting attention and at a race track (a real one) like Buttonwillow or Willow springs. Its so funny seeing these guys with these FWD cars getting huge spoilers claiming they help performance when they're too stupid to realize that in reality any significant downforce comes at the expense of drag (laymans terms: SLOWS YOU DOWN). Why don't they just say they like the looks of it, there's nothing wrong with that. Also in a FWD you need more grip in the front not in the rear. So a rear spoiler usually only helps RWD & AWD cars.
In some cases with poor aerodynamic design (ie: Audi TT) a rear lip spoiler can help reduce aerodynamic lift that occurs at speed without really adding much drag and reducing the "airfoil" effect.
What it will help you at is attracting attention and at a race track (a real one) like Buttonwillow or Willow springs. Its so funny seeing these guys with these FWD cars getting huge spoilers claiming they help performance when they're too stupid to realize that in reality any significant downforce comes at the expense of drag (laymans terms: SLOWS YOU DOWN). Why don't they just say they like the looks of it, there's nothing wrong with that. Also in a FWD you need more grip in the front not in the rear. So a rear spoiler usually only helps RWD & AWD cars.
In some cases with poor aerodynamic design (ie: Audi TT) a rear lip spoiler can help reduce aerodynamic lift that occurs at speed without really adding much drag and reducing the "airfoil" effect.
In case of EVO the high wing is the only one which would work on this car. Anything smaller and a stream of air from the roof would not hit it. The main purpose for it is to redirect (detach) a stream from the boot so there would be less turbulences. Then it can add some downforce.
In case of ITR the wing can be small because it has a lot lower angled rear window so the stream of air is already following the shape nicely so the wing can keep it a little higher (avoiding turbulences behind the car) and can add some downforce.
FWD cars do need a rear wing as well as RWD or AWD cars. At speeds the wing generates some downforce you do not usually have problem with traction to put power down. What you need is a more neutral car in turn so both, front and rear, will generat the same amount of traction. In FWD with a heavy parts iat the front it might be even more important then in a RWD car (or RWD mid engine car). If you're talking about AutoX you can not see a difference because the speeds are not high enough.
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