At What Speed does the Rear Wing Move?

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May 12, 2008 | 11:45 AM
  #1  
At what speed does the rear wing raise? Lower?
If I raise it with the button does it stay up regardless of speed? Will I have to lower it manually?
Can you guys see you rear wing from the driver's seat?
Thanks
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May 12, 2008 | 12:07 PM
  #2  
I believe it raises automatically at around 75 mph, and lowers automatically at around 57mph. You can't see it in rear view mirror. I think it would have been cool if it were designed to turn on the light in the manual switch when deployed automatically, so that you would know when it was up.
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May 12, 2008 | 12:22 PM
  #3  
Yes

Rear wing deploys at 75 mph, lowers again at 37 mph. And more importantly completely flies off at 195 mph.
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May 12, 2008 | 12:37 PM
  #4  
Someone in the past made a little flag to tack on the spoiler so you could see when it was up.
I miss the view I had with my 964 spoiler up!
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May 12, 2008 | 01:04 PM
  #5  
in the 996 you could see it- it deploys at 100 KM/m (74mph) and down at 50km/m (39mph) Its in the manual- raising it manually keeps it up until you shut down then i think it resets
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May 12, 2008 | 01:09 PM
  #6  
100 km is 62 mph
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May 12, 2008 | 01:15 PM
  #7  
you're right its 120km/m i didn't read the manula before writing the post
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May 12, 2008 | 01:16 PM
  #8  
I thought I read somewhere that it also will rise if the engine compartment reaches some certain temp...............

If I have driven it hard, I try to make the last 5 miles or so back to the house with the wing up and then leave it up in the garage to cool.
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May 12, 2008 | 01:51 PM
  #9  
Quote: ...100 KM/m
My god a 996 goes 6000Km/h (100KM/m x 60 minutes) it maybe the 997's ugly cousin but man is it fast!
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May 12, 2008 | 02:42 PM
  #10  
Correct me if i'm wrong, the rear wing does raise too if you're accelerating from 0-60 (It starts raising at 35-40mph).
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May 12, 2008 | 02:58 PM
  #11  
Quote: Correct me if i'm wrong, the rear wing does raise too if you're accelerating from 0-60 (It starts raising at 35-40mph).
It rises on the 964 at those speeds, I am not sure about the 993, but the 996 and 997 are 120Km/h.
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May 12, 2008 | 03:13 PM
  #12  
Quote: I thought I read somewhere that it also will rise if the engine compartment reaches some certain temp...............
I thought that was just the Carrera GT.
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May 12, 2008 | 03:43 PM
  #13  
For those Manual (ly) deprived


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May 12, 2008 | 07:33 PM
  #14  
mine at 78 mph
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May 13, 2008 | 11:14 AM
  #15  
Quote: It rises on the 964 at those speeds, I am not sure about the 993, but the 996 and 997 are 120Km/h.
I remember on the 993 the wing raises once the car hits 50mph and doesn't retract until the car comes to a complete stop. You can, like all the new 911s raise the rear wing manually, at which point it will stay locked out until you lower it.
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