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Old 09-22-2008, 03:20 PM   #41
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Originally Posted by Jamestwilliams View Post
To add to my reply, spoilers are also measured by efficiency. In otherwords they attempt to maximize downforce while minimizing wind resistance or turbulence produced to do so. Some of the god awful wings found on imports produce minimal gains in downforce while producing massive turbulance. A spoiler will always produce more turbulance than a clean deck lid however by working the design in a wind tunnel you can produce good resultant downforce while not sacrificing too much in the way of additional turbulance.
Ah ok thanks! I really don't know much about cars hehe so thanks for enlightening me. So what you are saying is that the blade spoiler significantly increases the downforce without sacraficing much in terms of wind resistance? If that is correct that sounds great to me!
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