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Re: New Skippy Car Components Survey #1 of 8: WINGS
Some educational input from an engineer and/or experienced instructor/tester might be helpful at this point to give us a better sense of how much difference the wings actually make given the power and speeds we operate at. (The prototype has been tested with the current Dodge motor but in all likelyhood the new car will have a different motor, with more easily and accurately adjustable output and possibly more available horsepower.)
With the relative low horsepower run in every current series it would seem the performance cost of running a high downforce setup might be higher than the aero benefit.
I've never heard anyone say the R/T2000 wings do more than provide a minor bit of downforce and a major source of eye candy for the brochure.
Would love to hear Jason, RB, Jim Pace and Gerardo weigh in on this one.
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You draw 'em a picture and they eat the crayons... (Duck Waddle commenting on the creative ways some people interpret driving instruction.)
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