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Aug 27, 2005 | 03:52 PM

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reminds me of this wing...

Aug 27, 2005 | 03:56 PM

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Holy!!!!

Aug 27, 2005 | 04:27 PM

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that car actually doesn't look that bad... complete overkill, but not bad altogether...

Aug 27, 2005 | 06:15 PM

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Quote:

Originally posted by 996turbo
reminds me of this wing...

Redbull needs wings.

Aug 27, 2005 | 06:19 PM

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996turbo,

Now that's a wing!!!!

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Aug 28, 2005 | 12:16 AM

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Talk About Keeping this baby to the ground

Aug 28, 2005 | 10:13 AM

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Holy smokes that's a big wing.

Can I ask why the wing needs to be so high up?

Does a wing placed higher provide more downward force?

Aug 28, 2005 | 10:58 AM

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Originally posted by ColorChange
Rick:

Are you using suspensio displacement pots to measure/optimize your downforce or are you "winging" it. Ha Ha

Ha Ha

I kill myself.

Thats somthing I would say minus the tech bit.

Aug 28, 2005 | 12:05 PM

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That's frickin' SICK dude!!

Aug 28, 2005 | 12:55 PM

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Nice looking wing and splitter.

Aug 28, 2005 | 07:16 PM

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Originally posted by LittleJohny
... complete overkill, but not bad altogether...

it's a dedicated race car

Aug 28, 2005 | 10:02 PM

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mEL: Yes, there is clean air up there so you get more downforce.

Aug 28, 2005 | 10:49 PM

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Sorry for the late reply but just as CC said Clean undisturbed air more down force. Also, although hard to tell in the picture the wing is slightly lower than the roof line as per WCGT rules.

Rick

Aug 29, 2005 | 08:16 PM

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Awesome wing!

Aug 30, 2005 | 06:01 AM

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Thanks,

A little more info for anyone who's interested in converting their street TT into a full time track/race car. The wing is a GT3R wing with custom uprights. The decklid of the TT is of different width than the GT3R so I had to kick the uprights in just a bit to make them mate up properly with the alum. plates on the wing.

We started with cardboard for the uprights, then went to a thin sheet metal and then to aluminum. The car made a trip over to Fabcar to have some of the upright material taken out. We patterned the uprights from high HP European TT's race cars. A big thanks to friend Jim in Cincy for helping me with this project.

Rick