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Thanks for the reply, but I don't have any problem with my hydraulic system yet. I thought maybe there is some kind of extensions I could put on so when the wing goes up its a little higher.
Thanks for the reply, but I don't have any problem with my hydraulic system yet. I thought maybe there is some kind of extensions I could put on so when the wing goes up its a little higher.
There is a risk of putting the wing up higher and that is it may diminish its effectiveness or worse impart lift instead of down force. There is too the question of what affect a higher positioned wing would have on the amount of air being forced through the engine compartment lid louvers at speed.
A higher wing would be more stress on the cylinders and could cause them to fail earlier.
There is a risk of putting the wing up higher and that is it may diminish its effectiveness or worse impart lift instead of down force. There is too the question of what affect a higher positioned wing would have on the amount of air being forced through the engine compartment lid louvers at speed.
A higher wing would be more stress on the cylinders and could cause them to fail earlier.
So your telling me if I replace my factory wing with a GT2 wing I'm going to have problem?
There is a risk of putting the wing up higher and that is it may diminish its effectiveness or worse impart lift instead of down force. There is too the question of what affect a higher positioned wing would have on the amount of air being forced through the engine compartment lid louvers at speed.
A higher wing would be more stress on the cylinders and could cause them to fail earlier.
How did you come up with this? Makes no sense to me.
I would think placing the wing higher would make it more efficient honestly. Thats why race car wings are placed usually as high as rules allow usually. Maintaining wing angle would be critical.
However i agree that the design was not made for the cylinders to extend that high. Notice race car wings have dual connections to uprights front and back edges. I think it would bend round supports over time. And you have to think, at fully lowered position the whole cylinder support has to recess inside the engine compartment, and there is limited space to make them too much longer.
You can't extend the range of the wing as that is determined by the stroke of the hydraulic cylinder.
If you made an adapter to raise the down position of the wing, then of course the wing would be higher in the up position.
Before you do this, it would probably be easier to put an add-on GT2 wing on the car. If you do this, I would add more down force on the front to maintain the aero balance. At a minumum, I wouls add the aero lip.
How did you come up with this? Makes no sense to me.
i would think what he is referring to is by raising the rear wing higher you might increase the downforce . without correcting that increase in the front you might have stability issues at the front of the car
the ebay "fixed wing kit" ($150.00 ) which is a bag of a couple home depot bolts etc has two versions std lift and a 4" lift if you are ok with eliminating the hydraulic functionality.
the best bet for the 4" rise with either a stock wing or a strosek I've seen so far is still carreradave's "eram" rennkit. working electrical up/down AND a 4" lift. looks pretty good to me.
