oh yeah forgot after all above in car weighs flat 3000 pounds.

the doors will be going to CF in several weeks so will be a final weight at that point of 2880 with half tank of gas and then I weigh 160 on top of that.

 

Sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet.

No cool shirt canister?

 

used to 100 mile bike rides on sunday down here in 90+ weather. I'm going to try it without this sunday, may add in later?

 

Verry, very impressive Tom - I'll be waiting for updates after Sebring.

Rich

 

Nice1 Tom... great job!

 

Tom should have some nice "in car" videos to start posting after this weekend..

 

Viperbob, BRAVO!!! That is one hell of a nice build... You guys hit a home run! THIS CAR is THE 996TT every guy wishes he had in his garage for his track/race car!

WELL DONE!

Mike

 

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You have exactly 1 year to have that car at Road Atlanta starting from your first time driving it this weekend, or else..........

 

thanks all. car is at Sebring I will be there in am, will post some pics and vid of initial shake down!!

 

Good luck at Sebring. Post up a pic of that first grin, will ya?

 

wow...


that is amazing

 

Tom, are you familiar with the Aeromotions S2 Dynamic wing? It would seem to be a natural for your application unless it is excluded from competition by rule.

 

back from Sebring. many "small" problems that finally ended in an electrical kill that ended the day early

that was the point of today the shake down for 2 weeks

car got several sessions

you can really notice how light the car is. I had to turn the boost down twice!! and the car still like it had 100 extra hp in the corners.

car now is light and nimble and dare I say very Cup car like

set up was stiff and spot on. turned near record setting times without even trying for my PR.

car back at the shop, updates and pics later.............

 

Has anyone actually proven this does anything better than the typical wing? I know it was designed by MTI students etc etc, but has anyone gotten any better times with it than the usual big wing?

 

The data is published on their website. I provided the link to the Aeromotions website in the post you quoted. One might question the efficacy of the Aeromotions device but the superiority of active aerodynamic systems to static devices is indisputable.

Without active aero components modern aviation and space travel might be impossible. Active wings are not new; the Chaparral IMSA cars used them in the 1970's and F1 cars currently use active aero components in their front wings. The issue is that they have been disqualified for competition in some race series for the reason you question; they work too good. What is interesting IMO about the Aeromotions product is that they have made active aerodynamic systems cost effective enough for the club racer to consider assuming they are permitted for competition.