Scott, I'm certainly no expert, I ain't been
there yet, but after closely following all that
has been written by those who have been there, I
think the wing may be a little overkill.
Apparently, downforce is tremendous as you
approach and pass 200MPH. Perhaps just a small,
factory style rear spoiler would do the trick
with much less drag. Dusters had a neat little
optional spoiler that looked like a low wing.
You might to some conflabing with Dr. Mayf and
others. Quite possibly, using one of those, with
a slightly modified attack angle might get the
job done.
If I ever get to those speeds, I plan on using a
standard Chev Camaro Z-28 rear spoiler with an
extra gas tank mounted in the trunk to hold water
ballast, and a ten gallon water ballast tank
where the passenger seat would be. That seemed
like the easiest solution to me. I can add and
redistibute the ballast as needed. I already got
a good start right in the driver's seat! hee hee
Dick J
--- Glenn Ridlen <gridlen@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Scott
> The wing also adds aerodynamic drag, the weight
> does not. With suspension in the rear, it might
> take some trial and error to get the ride
> height at speed correct.
> Scott Cowle <scowle@mentorcollege.edu> wrote:
> I run my car in A/FALT at Maxton but also drive
> my car on the street.In
> the summer of 2003 I will be taking the car to
> Bonneville and I want to go
> 200mph. I have noticed that several people use
> added weight to aid traction
> on the salt. I don't want to add weight as it
> would have to be bolted down
> which would require drilling holes in this
> car.What I intend to do is add a
> front air dam and put a wing on the trunk,
> reinforced that will look like
> the wing of a Plymouth superbird.All reports
> I've seen say that at racing
> speeds these wings could generate as much as
> 600lbs downforce. My car is
> narrower and smaller that a 70 Daytona or
> Superbird but I figured if I could
> get 300-400 pounds or downforce it would push
> the rearend down and aid
> traction without burning out the tires.I
> realize that this would disqualify
> my car for my class but I only want to run for
> time anyways not for a
> record, my car isn't nearly fast enough for the
> Bonneville record.As long as
> my car is safe enough will they let me do this?
> Is my thinking reasonable
> here or off base? I'd appreciate a response
> guys and gals as I'm starting to
> work on the car for the April meet at Maxton.
> Scott, in cold and possibly snowy Oakville
> Ontario
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