DUDE! WTF is this??
Burning Brakes
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From: Wilmington Ma
I'm an engineer with 2 Master's degrees and my personal opinion is it's made to keep the rear glass cleaner at all speeds and also to eliminate brake dust completely.
Seriously it doesn't seem to me to have any aerodynamic benefit whatsoever. It actually appears that it would disrupt any aerodynamic benefit as it will split the airstream coursing over the rear deck to soon, thus compromising downforce and negating the original aerodynamic design of the coupe. The ZR-1 spoiler would look to do the same thing but it is farther in the rear and it also depends on the angle of attack the spoiler has into the airstream.
But if the owner likes it, ok but you know the saying "go ugly early".
Seriously it doesn't seem to me to have any aerodynamic benefit whatsoever. It actually appears that it would disrupt any aerodynamic benefit as it will split the airstream coursing over the rear deck to soon, thus compromising downforce and negating the original aerodynamic design of the coupe. The ZR-1 spoiler would look to do the same thing but it is farther in the rear and it also depends on the angle of attack the spoiler has into the airstream.
But if the owner likes it, ok but you know the saying "go ugly early".
Last edited by Italianfox; Apr 19, 2018 at 12:19 PM.
Safety Car
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From: Bainbridge Island WA
Now who is retarded? I never said I liked it, did I? I said I was curious on the reasoning behind it and wondered if some engineer would be willing to tackle it. All I got so far is a professional engineer who called it retarded. Just how professional an opinion is that? I don't know, but I'm guessing he put about half a second of thought into his opinion.
I would never put something like that on my car. In fact, given the type of driving most of us do, i.e.: No track days at all, having a spoiler at all is questionable. In fact, the only reason I have a spoiler at all is because it came bundled with MSRC so I was forced to take it. I consider it useless. Now they have unbundled it so a new car with the exact same equipment is now cheaper than I paid. If I happened to see that thing at a car show the first thing I would do is walk up to the owner and ask him why he did that. Why did he go to the expense? What thinking is behind the design? But I see that curiosity here has, indeed, left the building.
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Burning Brakes
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From: Wilmington Ma
Now who is retarded? I never said I liked it, did I? I said I was curious on the reasoning behind it and wondered if some engineer would be willing to tackle it. All I got so far is a professional engineer who called it retarded. Just how professional an opinion is that? I don't know, but I'm guessing he put about half a second of thought into his opinion.
I would never put something like that on my car. In fact, given the type of driving most of us do, i.e.: No track days at all, having a spoiler at all is questionable. In fact, the only reason I have a spoiler at all is because it came bundled with MSRC so I was forced to take it. I consider it useless. Now they have unbundled it so a new car with the exact same equipment is now cheaper than I paid. If I happened to see that thing at a car show the first thing I would do is walk up to the owner and ask him why he did that. Why did he go to the expense? What thinking is behind the design? But I see that curiosity here has, indeed, left the building.
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Racer
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From: Colorado
I'm with you. I had a feeling it would turn into this.
Last edited by prince8619; Apr 19, 2018 at 01:43 PM.
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I would never put something like that on my car. In fact, given the type of driving most of us do, i.e.: No track days at all, having a spoiler at all is questionable. In fact, the only reason I have a spoiler at all is because it came bundled with MSRC so I was forced to take it. I consider it useless. Now they have unbundled it so a new car with the exact same equipment is now cheaper than I paid. If I happened to see that thing at a car show the first thing I would do is walk up to the owner and ask him why he did that. Why did he go to the expense? What thinking is behind the design? But I see that curiosity here has, indeed, left the building.
Well that was a really bad idea.
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