Paul, remember he's talking about an RB car. They are higher off the road to
start with, and presumably a lot of air can get under the front at speed. He
didn't mention having new rear springs -- if they are saggy then the
resulting nose-up atititude could make the situation much worse.
My guess is that the front spoiler would be helpful on an RBB, if only for
crosswind stability.
on 6/13/03 6:22 AM, Paul M. at rowman22001@yahoo.com wrote:
>> Does the Limited Edition Spoiler help with
>> any down force? I find my car at highway speed
>> has way too light steering/front end feel.
>
> Yeesh. I don't know what highway speeds you're
> running, but I can't imagine you are starting to get
> TOO much aerodynamic lift at 70 or 80 MPH. Maybe a
> touch, but probably not enough to make the front end
> dramatically light. Relative to the weight of the
> car, I can't imagine a B generating any appreciable
> lift at those speeds. I had mine up around 102 or 103
> on a long downhill stretch coming out of the Blueridge
> mountains, and it was fine.
>
> Is it possible the ride height is screwy? Maybe the
> new front springs are creating a sort of "lifted"
> front end or something, and air is getting up
> underneath there... Lowering it, if you haven't
> already done that, would probably help more than the
> LE spoiler would.
>
> But that's just my $0.02...
>
> Cheers,
>
> =====
> Paul Misencik
> 1971 MGB Tourer - Blaze
>
> Huntersville, NC USA
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