How does this wing look??
07-11-2007, 08:06 PM
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a spoiler does not help at all on a fwd car. it's just for looks, nothing more.
07-11-2007, 09:36 PM
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does anyone have this wing on thier cobalt?
or have an idea wat it woudl look like ?
http://www.gravanatuning.com/applica..._Aluminum_Wing
or have an idea wat it woudl look like ?
http://www.gravanatuning.com/applica..._Aluminum_Wing
07-11-2007, 09:41 PM
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07-11-2007, 10:18 PM
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Somehow, a FWD car defies the laws of physics.
Anyway, it's a silly peice of B.S. thats been going around for awhile.
Cleaning-up the air at the rear end of a vehicle is obviously benneficial to ANY car. The wind doesn't know what type of drivetrain you have...........it simply wants to converge once it is seperated. Spoilers/wings provide help with this issue if they're engineered to do so. Cobalt SC wings are aerodynamically engineered to do this. They force the break-up of the "boundry layer" to occur behind the car as opposed to the intersection between trunk and rear window/facia. This increases efficientcy at speed, considerably.
If the "shape" and "dihedral" of the device is also taken into account, downforce can be generated. Downforce on the ass end of a vehicle is once again, beneficial regardless of drivetrain layout. Any car, will want to swing it's rear out during lateral manouvers due to inertia relative to the center of gravity etc. Even small amounts of downforce at speed create a more planted feel ,especially in FWD cars because their physics produce a light rear end under certain conditions.
07-11-2007, 10:40 PM
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Really? Uhmmm.....I've heard this before.
Somehow, a FWD car defies the laws of physics.
Anyway, it's a silly peice of B.S. thats been going around for awhile.
Cleaning-up the air at the rear end of a vehicle is obviously benneficial to ANY car. The wind doesn't know what type of drivetrain you have...........it simply wants to converge once it is seperated. Spoilers/wings provide help with this issue if they're engineered to do so. Cobalt SC wings are aerodynamically engineered to do this. They force the break-up of the "boundry layer" to occur behind the car as opposed to the intersection between trunk and rear window/facia. This increases efficientcy at speed, considerably.
If the "shape" and "dihedral" of the device is also taken into account, downforce can be generated. Downforce on the ass end of a vehicle is once again, beneficial regardless of drivetrain layout. Any car, will want to swing it's rear out during lateral manouvers due to inertia relative to the center of gravity etc. Even small amounts of downforce at speed create a more planted feel ,especially in FWD cars because their physics produce a light rear end under certain conditions.
Somehow, a FWD car defies the laws of physics.
Anyway, it's a silly peice of B.S. thats been going around for awhile.
Cleaning-up the air at the rear end of a vehicle is obviously benneficial to ANY car. The wind doesn't know what type of drivetrain you have...........it simply wants to converge once it is seperated. Spoilers/wings provide help with this issue if they're engineered to do so. Cobalt SC wings are aerodynamically engineered to do this. They force the break-up of the "boundry layer" to occur behind the car as opposed to the intersection between trunk and rear window/facia. This increases efficientcy at speed, considerably.
If the "shape" and "dihedral" of the device is also taken into account, downforce can be generated. Downforce on the ass end of a vehicle is once again, beneficial regardless of drivetrain layout. Any car, will want to swing it's rear out during lateral manouvers due to inertia relative to the center of gravity etc. Even small amounts of downforce at speed create a more planted feel ,especially in FWD cars because their physics produce a light rear end under certain conditions.
07-11-2007, 10:50 PM
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Not functional for downforce.
ROFL!
Last edited by JMH; 07-11-2007 at 10:50 PM. Reason: Automerged Doublepost
07-12-2007, 05:17 AM
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