Author Topic: Has anyone seen this forward side spoiler? Cool or not?  (Read 2295 times)

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Offline BDA

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Re: Has anyone seen this forward side spoiler? Cool or not?
« Reply #15 on: Thursday,November 01, 2018, 06:18:14 PM »
I can't argue with that distinction. Of course, John Barnard built for Jim Hall what was essentially a Lotus 79 for Indy and won with it. Sort of going full circle in a way.

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Re: Has anyone seen this forward side spoiler? Cool or not?
« Reply #16 on: Thursday,November 01, 2018, 10:59:44 PM »
No one has mentioned the vents in the bonnet?  I personally don’t like any water coming into car in the area above my legs.
Dakazman

Neither did Lotus.

They even put a rubber thingy where the front plenum chamber cover lock goes into a metal keep by the centre of the windscreen, to stop water dripping in there.

Most windscreens leak though.

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Re: Has anyone seen this forward side spoiler? Cool or not?
« Reply #17 on: Friday,November 02, 2018, 05:14:20 AM »
If the part added to the car doesn’t have a purpose I’m not a fan of adding anything. My track Exige S car’s had lots of aero, all very functional. Making your car look like a “racer” is not my thing. By the way, that wing would have no functional purpose at all except as an air brake and slow you down.

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Re: Has anyone seen this forward side spoiler? Cool or not?
« Reply #18 on: Saturday,November 03, 2018, 05:53:48 AM »
Corvettes use this spoiler for racing and street . Mine looks and may be functional however I don’t feel any difference and don’t notice any fuel savings.
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Re: Has anyone seen this forward side spoiler? Cool or not?
« Reply #19 on: Saturday,November 03, 2018, 07:49:37 AM »
Of course a lot depends on how fast you're going and how sensitive you are. Chevy claimed the little "duck tail" of the Mako Shark Vette (don't know the C#) actually produced downforce at 100mph. If it actually did, I very much doubt anybody could tell because it couldn't have been much.