adjusting rear wing

[SPR117T]

I am off too THE RING with some friends for the weekend 1st April 05 and wondered if anybody had experimented with the adjustment on the rear wing.
Would there be a noticable difference as this is a fast track.

Also anybody else fancy comming. We have a villa on the track, plenty of room.

Also going to Noble day and will be travelling from Bristol anybody want to meet up on the Sunday morning.

[joust]

Yes, and my advice is probably not to bother (but don't let that stop you ).

If you increase the attack angle you start to create serious amounts of drag, and very quickly the car will feel like it's hit a wall at 120ish.

If you decrease it, given the shape, my thoughts (and somewhat bourn out by chatting to people that have played around with it) are that you could run the risk of turning it into a plane's wing and start to generate lift.

The car grips like a limpet to tarmac anyway, so not sure you'll need to bother!

[AMG Merc]

SPR117T said:

Also going to Noble day and will be travelling from Bristol anybody want to meet up on the Sunday morning.

See:

www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?t=162638&f=26&h=0

[obes]

You may well just be better taking it off. I ran without for a while, just be careful on really high speed braking !!

[domcross]

My understanding (from Simon H.) is that the wing does little or nothing for the aerodynamics so, as obes said, you may as well take it off

Dom.

[micknall]

We would not recommend removing the wing if you intend driving the car on any track, especially the 'Ring. While the car is still safe without its wing, it will be no quicker in a straight line, and you will not be able to exploit the full potential of the car's chassis.

I'd also support Joust's points (above) about adjusting the settings.

Simon Hucknall
Press Officer
Noble Automotive Ltd.

[paulcundy]

remember the Audi TT, used to fall of the road at high speed til they added a teeny little lip on the boot.

The moral is that aeros are a fickle thing, tamper at your peril. "it sticks like glue anyway"

Regards
Paul C

[lucozade]

I like to think that Lee put that great big spoiler on for a very good reason - therefore it's not to be touched simple as that