Front Spoiler--------How Important?
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Front Spoiler--------How Important?
got the vette back from the body shop, and the hooked up my front spoiler.......with 1 bolt, needless to say, i drove arround town, then home b4 i noticed it, well i can make it "work", but how necissary is it?! does it "scoop" up air to hit the radiator,or just for looks, bc i kinda like it w/o it
Miles
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Larger spoilers were added to later years, so using a later vintage C3 spoiler should be OK, I would think. You do need some kind of spoiler to direct enough airflow into the radiator. It also helped reduce an undesirable tendency to lift under high speed operation (not a good thing.)
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got the vette back from the body shop, and the hooked up my front spoiler.......with 1 bolt, needless to say, i drove arround town, then home b4 i noticed it, well i can make it "work", but how necissary is it?! does it "scoop" up air to hit the radiator,or just for looks, bc i kinda like it w/o it
Miles
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From: CORVETTE 77 385 C.I. TEXAS
Originally Posted by randommj
dang!.... is the "indy" spoiler any more efficiant? or purely astetic
Miles
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Rec. for all performance 68-79 ! I put factory 3 piece on as soon as possible, so early that the paint matches & it appears original.
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Front spoilers do work...I extended mine 2 1/2"...
Then later...added this "scoop" to get more air to rad at higher hwy speeds...made it from a Rubbermaid dust pan..
The "air scoop" was good for about 4-5 degree drop in coolant temps at 75 mph +...
Rich
Then later...added this "scoop" to get more air to rad at higher hwy speeds...made it from a Rubbermaid dust pan..
The "air scoop" was good for about 4-5 degree drop in coolant temps at 75 mph +...
Rich
Last edited by rihwoods; May 23, 2007 at 08:37 AM.
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Do you mind if I ask who is doing your body work? Im almost done with my body work on my 74 but I dont have time to mess with it for a while. If you like the Indy spoiler go with that, mine doesnt have one and we can't have 2 74s in the same town that look alike. Just kidding.
The Indy ft. spoiler designed for our Vettes w/ wind tunnel scoops up air for cooling, cleans up airflow underneath & sweeps the airflow around the front tires.
Rec. for all performance 68-79 ! I put factory 3 piece on as soon as possible, so early that the paint matches & it appears original.
Rec. for all performance 68-79 ! I put factory 3 piece on as soon as possible, so early that the paint matches & it appears original.
Miles
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Miles
This should make it clear.
The Indy ft. spoiler was designed for our Vettes w/ a wind tunnel.
The Indy ft. spoiler scoops up air for cooling, cleans up airflow underneath & sweeps the airflow around the front tires.
This should make it clear.
The Indy ft. spoiler was designed for our Vettes w/ a wind tunnel.
The Indy ft. spoiler scoops up air for cooling, cleans up airflow underneath & sweeps the airflow around the front tires.
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I bought and added the standard spoiler from Eckler's in Florida and was told "the Vet was designed this way for cooling purposes" and have noticed a change in my temps, so it works for me out here in California!!!
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St. Jude Donor '09 thru '26
and yes, it does help and is required for proper cooling