GT wings.. legal or not? - other spoiler ideas
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Speed Merchant
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Re: GT wings.. legal or not?
Plus your speedo will be over-reading by about 10-15km/h so you may have some work still to do :shh:
MOR31 said:
Plus your speedo will be over-reading by about 10-15km/h so you may have some work still to do :shh:
Speed Merchant
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Re: GT wings.. legal or not?
Can you empirically prove that error margin you proposed?
FYI it's common knowledge that all car manufacture under read their speedos due to tyre inflation; tyre wear; keeping people on the correct side of the law.
mdclear said:
Can you empirically prove that error margin you proposed?
FYI it's common knowledge that all car manufacture under read their speedos due to tyre inflation; tyre wear; keeping people on the correct side of the law.
tryg
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Re: GT wings.. legal or not?
Nicely said Speed Merchant, it's true, but the margins are slim on newer cars, but they all read 'the term is - optimistically', ranging from 3-5% normally. Which then allows for about 8mm of treadwear. That is why it's paramount to keep your rolling stock very close to OEM, especially on older vehicles. Even a 2% underrun (say when you change from 215 44/18 to 225 40/18), could mean a further 4% with tyre wear, putting me over 100kph when indicated.
Best way is to verify via GPS, with the more satellites the better (6 or more)!
Nicely said Speed Merchant, it's true, but the margins are slim on newer cars, but they all read 'the term is - optimistically', ranging from 3-5% normally. Which then allows for about 8mm of treadwear. That is why it's paramount to keep your rolling stock very close to OEM, especially on older vehicles. Even a 2% underrun (say when you change from 215 44/18 to 225 40/18), could mean a further 4% with tyre wear, putting me over 100kph when indicated.
Best way is to verify via GPS, with the more satellites the better (6 or more)!
Speed Merchant
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Re: GT wings.. legal or not?
I have looked at my logs and compared that to my indicated speed, and thus deriving my error factor.
tryg said:
I have looked at my logs and compared that to my indicated speed, and thus deriving my error factor.
XxOLIVERxX
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Re: GT wings.. legal or not?
lol at camry :lol: for the record i saw a black lowerd wrx with a cf gt wing on it today.. looks pretty sick.
and fivedollah the links are broken
lol at camry :lol: for the record i saw a black lowerd wrx with a cf gt wing on it today.. looks pretty sick.
and fivedollah the links are broken
Re: GT wings.. legal or not?
im down for you getting a gt wing, just make sure it from sard or voltex, its wide as or wider then the car and you hav ridiculous wheels and brakes
im down for you getting a gt wing, just make sure it from sard or voltex, its wide as or wider then the car and you hav ridiculous wheels and brakes
Re: GT wings.. legal or not?
The concept of downforce is to do with the aerodynamics of a car to create more grip. Yes you need a significant level of speed for it to take effect, no you do not need a rear wheel drive car to make use of a rear wing. It can help keep a car balanced through high speed corners and keep a car driving in a straight line at high speeds regardless of which wheels drive the car.
Would you benefit more by having a RWD car? Yes.
Will you still get any benefits by having a FWD car? In the right circumstances, yes.
Are their too many people recycling crap they have read on other forums? Yes.
If you are going to say something, know what you are talking about. Next person to post something about needing a RWD car to utilise a wing is getting
MISINFORMATION SPECIALIST underneath their name.
The concept of downforce is to do with the aerodynamics of a car to create more grip. Yes you need a significant level of speed for it to take effect, no you do not need a rear wheel drive car to make use of a rear wing. It can help keep a car balanced through high speed corners and keep a car driving in a straight line at high speeds regardless of which wheels drive the car.
Would you benefit more by having a RWD car? Yes.
Will you still get any benefits by having a FWD car? In the right circumstances, yes.
Are their too many people recycling crap they have read on other forums? Yes.
If you are going to say something, know what you are talking about. Next person to post something about needing a RWD car to utilise a wing is getting
MISINFORMATION SPECIALIST underneath their name.