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1. Doing the Front Spoiler thing (score: 1): Author: Eric <eric@erickson.on.net>; Date: Sun, 25 Jun 2000 00:58:29 +0000; OK, yes it is a saga or sorts. There is a question or two at the end of the rave (along the lines of "the only stupid question....") I have just fitted my new front spoiler, removing the front bumper; /html/mgs/2000-06/msg01334.html (9,110 bytes)
2. Re: Doing the Front Spoiler thing (score: 1): Author: "Thomas Pokrefke" <pokrefke@mstar2.net>; Date: Sat, 24 Jun 2000 16:28:30 -0500; I, at one time, had two spoilers for my B. One was the fiberglass 'Special Tuning' air dam, the other was a piece of metal a friend of my father's had made for me. With the homemade spoiler (which l; /html/mgs/2000-06/msg01342.html (11,321 bytes)
3. Re: Doing the Front Spoiler thing (score: 1): Author: Max Heim <mvheim@studiolimage.com>; Date: Sat, 24 Jun 2000 14:42:31 -0700; While it may slightly increase your frontal area, I would think that the reduction in drag (by preventing much of the turbulent airflow beneath the car) would more than make up for it. That seems to; /html/mgs/2000-06/msg01343.html (9,229 bytes)
4. Re: Doing the Front Spoiler thing (score: 1): Author: "Thomas Pokrefke" <pokrefke@mstar2.net>; Date: Sat, 24 Jun 2000 17:55:57 -0500; Oh yeah, I remebered one thing I forgot from earlier.... I mounted a heater core from a 1984 Buick Skyhawk underneath the radiator panel, and cut a hole in my dam for cooling. I run the lines from th; /html/mgs/2000-06/msg01346.html (10,702 bytes)
5. Re: Doing the Front Spoiler thing (score: 1): Author: Barney Gaylord <barneymg@ntsource.com>; Date: Sat, 24 Jun 2000 19:37:21 -0500; Just why on earth ole Tom might think I would be reading messages under this subject line is beyond me, but for some reason I did read this one after deleting several others without reading. Slow day; /html/mgs/2000-06/msg01352.html (7,678 bytes)
6. Re: Doing the Front Spoiler thing (score: 1): Author: "James Nazarian Jr" <james.nazarian@colorado.edu>; Date: Sun, 25 Jun 2000 00:55:19 -0600; not that it is a direct relation, but I have read that rear "wings" (the ones they like to fit to american cars) don't start to come into effect until 80-90mph. I would suspect that the same would ba; /html/mgs/2000-06/msg01362.html (10,498 bytes)
7. Re: Doing the Front Spoiler thing (score: 1): Author: Eric <eric@erickson.on.net>; Date: Sun, 25 Jun 2000 23:00:57 +0000; Thanks for all the comments, I think I will answer by noting my experiences to date. As Steward at a SuperKart meeting today I had to drive 30 miles or so out of town on roads that permitted me to do; /html/mgs/2000-06/msg01365.html (9,902 bytes)
8. Re: Doing the Front Spoiler thing (score: 1): Author: Eric <eric@erickson.on.net>; Date: Sun, 25 Jun 2000 23:09:44 +0000; One other little thing (I promise)... At speed on a back road I must have run over something that I didn't see but which made a horrible clatter as it skidded down the road behind me. From the noise; /html/mgs/2000-06/msg01366.html (7,576 bytes)
9. Re: Doing the Front Spoiler thing (score: 1): Author: Max Heim <mvheim@studiolimage.com>; Date: Sun, 25 Jun 2000 16:41:24 -0700; Actually, I would suggest that they *are* different. I agree about the wings, in fact most of the ones you see have zero pitch so they just cause drag and no downforce whatsoever. But keeping air out; /html/mgs/2000-06/msg01378.html (8,154 bytes)

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