what you see under the wing is the slower moving air, think of an airplane the air going under its wing moves faster then the air that has to curve up and over it...this cause lift, the faster air moving over the top of the wing causes the wing to want to drive towards the ground, also causing lift but in the opposite direction, apparently the voltex wing was designed to add hundreds of pounds of pressure to the rear end, gotta love voltex

 

That makes complete sense. Thank you! I just saw more of the smoke trail under and made the dumb assumption.

 

 

Why do you think all the big-name drag racers take off the wing? If it gave them more traction they would keep the wing, right?

Wingless FTW

Clic here to see the world's fastest EVO in the 85704 zip code.

 

They take it off to save weight. The rear spoiler helps keep the back wheels down which is mostly important when the car is taking a corner around the track at 80+ mph where understeer and oversteer can cause the car to lose traction and fly off the track into a wall.


Contrary to some beliefs in the proper setting, a wing does have function. Personal preference and driving style depend on if one keeps it on there or not.

I tend to think an Evo without a wing just looks like a lancer, so I keep mine on.

 

whats the green things all over it

 

taking off the wing reduces drag so the shave off a few tenths of a second. and it does give them more traction... at higher speeds.

 

its little strings so they (the engineers) can see what directions airflow takes over the body panels of the car

 

in my opinion evos were designed to do alot more then go in a straight line for 1/4 mile at a time, so when it was designed the people behind the doors at mitsu thought about cornering and keeping you from flying into the wall or the woods, since the evo was designed for the WRC and then moved to time attack and circuit racing

 

You have this completely backwards. The air is moving faster over the underside of the wing, and the pressure is decreased relative to the top. The net effect is a downward force as the air on top of the wing exerts more pressure, and therefore more force, on the top surface of the wing and than the air on the underside does.

 

If you compare 1g eclipse/talon and evo ? 1gen is much better in wind tunnel than evo, in evo you can even feel it when its windy and you go on the hway :d its like driving a truck.

 

http://www.av8n.com/how/htm/airfoils.html

Airplanes wings are flat on bottom and curved on top. The air hits the front of the wing and splits. The top has a longer distance to travel than the bottom but the molecules want to stay together so they speed up on top. Its Bernoulli's principal. Increase velocity = decreases pressure.

 

might as well be - we have the same Cf as a brick/truck/minivan

 

no i dont i just didnt explain the pressure which you have correct, but as far as wind speed (aka velocity) goes im 100% correct

 

No, you're not correct. The air speed on the underside is faster than than on top. Go study bernoulli's principle and airfoil lift and you'll see you have it mixed up. Keep in mind many discussions you'll read are about wings for generating lift upwards like airplane wings, and that the wing in our discussion is inverted relative to those.