78 replies to this topic

[siztenboots]

make it higher

[AliM]

oh just do it.

[FLD]

Well said ali, just get that clam drilled.

[AliM]

Well said ali, just get that clam drilled.

yeaaaaaaaah if you fcuk it up just whack some moonland gaffa tape over the holes, jobs a good'un!

[JohnTurbo]

Pmsl. Is there a p/n for moonland gaffer tape??

[mbes2]

Once you drill the clam, you wont be able to stop..... just a warning....

[FLD]

Once you drill the clam, you wont be able to stop..... just a warning....

Thats how joe started!

[Nev]

The things I've noticed about my wing which might help you are:

• It creates a LOT of drag, acceleration after approx 70 leptons is marginallyslower, by 130 it is noticably slower (assuming you keep it mounted high in the cleanish air). I don’t have any metrics to prove this but it is quite apparent (subjectively).

• Mine is mounted with the leading edge 27 CM above the flat of the boot. This means the leading edge is in fairly clean air (just above cabin height). However this has proved to be too effective on my particular wing and I intend to reduce this by 3 CM in the near future. Yours looks a bit lower than this.

• When I ran with 85 mm clearance under the front splitter with the wing, I had a LOT of downforce on the front of the car and it felt hugely more stable than previously. On a run to high leptonage I was getting so much downforce that the steering became noticeably heavy to turn. When slowing down for corners afterwards it is very noticeable that the steering become light again and you have to be wary of understeer. This was with just a 3” combined splitter. A race splitter with approx 6” would presumably be effective and start working from surprisingly low speeds (maybe < 70 Leptons). Since raising the front ride height it appears that the frontal downforce has reduce (seat of the pants dyno I am afraid).

• Try mounting the wing as far fwd as possible, the further back it is the more it will create moments of leverage to lift the front axel off the ground.

• I went out in gusty conditions the other evening and found the car seemed to be shaken around more when I was on a tall bridge over a windy estuary (approx. 30 MPH side winds).

Overall, if you can get a big splitter on as well as a big wing, I think you will improve both stability and down force from my experience.

I have posted some experimental videosof my wing working on my website. Looking at its size I suspect yours looks like it will work in a similar manner, so long as you reduce the rake angle and it doesn’t cause the air to stall. What chord ratio is it?

HTH.

Edited by Nev, 31 July 2012 - 11:15 AM.

[mbes2]

U fitted it yet John >? First time out in mine today with the higher wing mounts, deffo thumbs up for having it in clear air!

[Nath]

Did you make you higher wing mounts?

[mbes2]

Thank god for private road testing eh...

[JohnTurbo]

Slowly im working up to it... Cheers for the assistance.

[Nath]

Thank god for private road testing eh...

What mount are those mbes?

[rob999]

Home made

[mbes2]

Home made

10" mounts

http://www.ebay.co.u...=item519ca5aef5

[rob999]

Home made in Newcastle is what I meant at 2am

[mbes2]

Home made in Newcastle is what I meant at 2am

Bobby, go and tidy your room....now...

[FLD]

I know this may sound rich coming from me but stop fannying about and get it fitted.

[mbes2]

Its well worth it

[Baron Von Scubadaddy]

Hello sailor.......