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Originally Posted by boosted180 what do you mean by "more effective"? you mean faster lap times? yes, i want that, BUT without adding too many other mods to my car.
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What I'm saying is that you do need to be careful with the aerodynamic balance of the car. If you slap a rear wing on and don't do anything with the front, you will help with rear grip but you'll probably end up taking a little away from the front. Quite frankly, I don't know what kind of numbers these wings produce at speed, so I don't really know how much the balance will be upset. But in theory, you're going to be gaining rear grip and losing some in the front on high speed corners where the wing is generating enough downforce to upset the front/rear balance of the car. Just some food for thought. If you try the wing and feel like you're running into that issue, then maybe some canards up front or even a Nismo nose would help to put some downforce on the front and help with the balance issue. It's all theory -- there are no numbers available for us so it's all going to be a trial by fire. Doubtful any of these companies have the resources to put a Z in a wind tunnel for an extended period... who knows if they're even running computer simulations or not.
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