real wings and splitters

[CamaroAJ]

on my '69 camaro i'm building for track days i am thinking about adding a front splitter and a rear wing like this one.
http://www.aprperformance.com/index....d=35&Itemid=44

my plan is to have two deck lids one thats cut for the wing and one that has a rear spoiler on it for non track days. now if i leave the wing on when i drive around would i be a ricer or would the awesomeness of a vintage muscle car in race trim make it ok?

[deuce_454]

im not a big fan of that look.. perhaps you should comission a rendering and see how it looks before spending a couple of grand on CF stuff only to find it looks like a ghetto-ride

[68protouring454]

you need to make the wing mounts tie into your chassis, if not it will tweak your deck lid and not work as it should over 100 mph

[marks914]

What kind of speeds are you looking at? these thiings do not do much good unles syou are moving at a substantial speed
Just my two cents, spent plenty of time in a wind tunnel and lift/downforce/drag devices are usually for stability higher speeds and need to be tuned to do that, or the opposite and dangerous results may occur

Mark

[CamaroAJ]

Originally Posted by 68protouring454

you need to make the wing mounts tie into your chassis, if not it will tweak your deck lid and not work as it should over 100 mph

already planned to be tied into the frame rails and cage. there are alot of people on corvette forum that just attach it to the deck lid and you lose some of the down force gained because of all the flex in the body.

Originally Posted by marks914

What kind of speeds are you looking at? these thiings do not do much good unles syou are moving at a substantial speed
Just my two cents, spent plenty of time in a wind tunnel and lift/downforce/drag devices are usually for stability higher speeds and need to be tuned to do that, or the opposite and dangerous results may occur

Mark

the wing i am looking at says 50-180 http://www.aprperformance.com/index....d=34&Itemid=44

[GregWeld]

Originally Posted by CamaroAJ

on my '69 camaro i'm building for track days i am thinking about adding a front splitter and a rear wing like this one.
http://www.aprperformance.com/index....d=35&Itemid=44

my plan is to have two deck lids one thats cut for the wing and one that has a rear spoiler on it for non track days. now if i leave the wing on when i drive around would i be a ricer or would the awesomeness of a vintage muscle car in race trim make it ok?

That would be YES -- to #1 and NO to #2....

[68FBODY]

Please don't.....Look at the other options other forum members have done, including making their own adjustable lip spoiler.

[CamaroAJ]

Originally Posted by GregWeld

That would be YES -- to #1 and NO to #2....

a true functional splitter needs to have a wing to balance it out with the down force that it will create. if you were meaning yes to a splitter and no to a wing?

Originally Posted by 68FBODY

Please don't.....Look at the other options other forum members have done, including making their own adjustable lip spoiler.

a spoiler will not make 260 lbs of down force though.

[Teetoe_Jones]

Originally Posted by CamaroAJ

a true functional splitter needs to have a wing to balance it out with the down force that it will create. if you were meaning yes to a splitter and no to a wing?



a spoiler will not make 260 lbs of down force though.

I took it to mean, YES it will look ricer, and NO it will not matter that it's a vintage car.

Tyler

[GregWeld]

Originally Posted by Teetoe_Jones

I took it to mean, YES it will look ricer, and NO it will not matter that it's a vintage car.

Tyler

You got it right TJ


That's exactly what I meant. And not trying to be a flamer or be mean. That's not my style.