I found this pic and it made me do a double take. A Vortex generator on a Subaru, I never thought I'd see the day. That would be like an Evo with a big hood scoop. I guess immitation is a form of flattery but the VG is so uniquely EVO, I never thought.... lol, It doesn't belong there, kind of like angel eyes on a civic...

 

Eh, looks better than the mini spoiler that the STi's are coming with these days.

 

I think their roof spoiler actually fits their body shape etc.... its more rounded, less sharp. Evo lines are much sharper and the VG compliments that for us IMO.

 

What I think is more stupid is the fact that car has a VG but took the STi wing off. I dont think VGs are functional at all without the rear wing. That goes for EVOs and WRXs!

 

^^ My Thoughts exactly

 

Its more funny to me that people get upset about this type of stuff...

 

Interesting observation. I don't know how you inferred that anyone who posted on this topic was upset about it. I'm not upset about it, in fact it's just something I find mildly amusing and strange.

 

I dont believe this to be true. Depending on the angle at which the rear window slopes down, the vortex generators will still be able to accomplish thier inherent function of forcing the creation of turbulent vorticies and promoting boundary layer re-attachment along the slope of the window. How the boundary layer detaches from that point and then flows over the wing i can not say. But regardless of having a wing downstream, the BL reattachment will still occur and thus the slight areodymanic advantage of another few inches of laminar flow remain.

 

Sounds like someone has taken a fluid dynamics course....


In regards to me saying the original poster sounded upset, sorry if I read into your post. It seemed by you saying the VG is unique to the Evo I thought you were complaining.

 

^^ I just hope hondas won't start putting the spikes on their cars

 

well at HIN the other day i saw an srt-4 with one..........

 

^^^^yuck!!

 

Just do a search on EBay..You will be surprised how many cars can now buy a VG..

 

perhaps just a few
3 or 4 every year... for the past 6 years

 

As I said to someone considering an STi roof spoiler for their lancer, it's blasphemous!