Oh, come on..Mustangs, Porches, Merkurs, are just an example. How about
Lamborginis, and so on. Lots of wings out there. Most, IMHO, are just for
visual effects, tho. But they are there.
mayf
At 04:45 PM 6/9/99 -0700, Ferguson, Darrell wrote:
>AHHH!! Another exciting topic to argue ! Now we get into an interpretation
>of the rules. In my mind, a wing, like one found on a lakester, would be
>illegal for the altered class. Spoilers as we all know, are not. But now I'm
>a little lost by "wings are supposed to be exactly like offered from the
>factory". Help me out here, but I can't think of any cars that come from the
>factory with a "wing".
>
> DARRELL FERGUSON
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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Lawrence E. Mayfield [SMTP:mayfield@traveller.com]
>> Sent: Wednesday, June 09, 1999 10:09 AM
>> To: Keith Turk; land-speed@autox.team.net; dahlgren
>> Subject: Re: Horsepower and Wings
>>
>> Hey, you guys talking wings or spoilers? Wings are supposed to be exactly
>> like offered from factory. Spoilers are a different thing...as you point
>> out to me Keith..
>>
>> mayf
>>
>>
>> At 03:18 PM 6/9/99 -0500, Keith Turk wrote:
>> >I agree and that is why we are going to take a second deck lid with a
>> Wing
>> >that meets the requirements as well as allows the air to close a little
>> >later behind the car...
>> >
>> >it has to be adjustable.... I think. to allow for the minimum settings...
>> >
>> >We learned a good bit this weekend about driving the car with some info
>> we
>> >downloaded after the passes.. I was a little to hard on the throttle
>> during
>> >our first meet with the Motor and Brad was a little soft....This meet we
>> >were much better... though his shifts still took
>> >
>> >The Salt is going to require a ton of finesse... I can see that
>> already...
>> >but we still have to put the power down....
>> >
>> >Speaking of Spinning... I suppose I ought to consider a track bar to aid
>> in
>> >locating the rear end and body... as a helper... in the event of a
>> spin...
>> >
>> >Keith
>> >----------
>> >> From: dahlgren <dahlgren@uconect.net>
>> >> To: Keith Turk <kturk@ala.net>
>> >> Subject: Re: Horsepower and Wings
>> >> Date: Wednesday, June 09, 1999 1:49 PM
>> >>
>> >> A wing can be adjusted to give a lot or almost no down force and the
>> >> drag at the low settings is very slight. it also does not add very much
>> >> drag until you are going very fast. ballast hurts you every where. It
>> >> takes more time and distance to get moving and adds a lot of rolling
>> >> resistance. At least my way of looking at it.. At 1600 lbs and 425 hp
>> >> traction has been no problem with no wing so far it all depends on how
>> >> YOU drive it....
>> >> Dave Dahlgren
>> >>
>> >> Keith Turk wrote:
>> >> >
>> >> > I was talking with Darrell off line here a bit ago and a thought came
>> >to my
>> >> > mind.....
>> >> >
>> >> > I am dead set against running a wing on my car if I can get away with
>> >it...
>> >> > (based on stability at speed)
>> >> >
>> >> > anykind of aerodynamic tool which Produces downforce also produces
>> >drag...
>> >> > and to move drag takes HP...
>> >> >
>> >> > I heard a comment here a couple of weeks ago about us having more HP
>> >then
>> >> > the traction allows... is this the case out there for most of you?
>> >> >
>> >> > Keith Turk
>> >> > Austin Healey 100, Bugeye, Box sprites, Bonneville Camaro ( Land
>> Speed
>> >> > Racer)
>> >
>>
>>
>>
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