Cerb rear spoiler

[aide]

I was doing 17mph recently and was wondering (aesthetics aside) if a little boot spoiler would make much difference to the stability of the car at such a speed?

[Rochester TVR]

aide said:

I was doing 17mph recently

Dare devil!

[aide]

Rochester TVR said:

aide said:

I was doing 17mph recently

Dare devil!

Gusts of up to 153mph that day

[FarmyardPants]

Would make bugger all difference and look gash, IMO

[morebeanz]

I think the Cerb would easily benefit from some aero at speed, after all, look at the racing motors - they all have it.

I agree with FYP though, that the puny little piece of AMG gayness would acheive the square root of fk all!

[aide]

Aesthetics aside I disagree. A small spoiler, no matter how out of place it looks, would make a huge difference over a certain speed.

[M3John]

For me, at those speeds and beyond it was more about keeping (what felt like) the front on the ground rather than the rear.

[natben]

A rear spoiler on a Cerbera will ruin the flowing lines of the car, I have seen a few with a spoiler but they look hellish it aint worth ruining the car with a spoiler for the odd time you are at these speeds.

If you use it as a track car fine, most sports cars nowadays seem to have a rear spoiler that retracts back into the body that the only way It would work on a CERB.

[spitfire4v8]

Have a word with brendan at concept performance about a retractable spoiler system .. he already has the idea in his head for something.

[aide]

spitfire4v8 said:

Have a word with brendan at concept performance about a retractable spoiler system .. he already has the idea in his head for something.

Thanks Joolz, the retractable version would be a good upgrade, could also keep my old boot lid..

[Byker28i]

I didn't have an issue at high speed on the runways. Does it need it?

[aide]

M3John said:

For me, at those speeds and beyond it was more about keeping (what felt like) the front on the ground rather than the rear.

Do you have a chin spoiler?

[aide]

Byker28i said:

I didn't have an issue at high speed on the runways. Does it need it?

I guess it depends, runways are generally pretty smooth?

[DJR 7]

Aide!!!
I've done those speeds in my Cerbera ..... Speedo not sat nav so possibly 150 +
The car seemed planted, but was difficult to stop in an emergency, and an emergency it was! :-)

Would you really consider ruining the lines of a Cerbera for the rare occasions those speeds can be achieved?
Yours is a great looking car .....

D

[aide]

You're right Darren, it would mess it up completely.

[aide]

But I still think it would be interesting to have either a spare boot lid with a small spoiler that you could swap onto the car for comparison or even a retractable one that was discrete enough so as not to ruin the line.

[DJR 7]

Prop the boot open ....... :-)

[aide]

I hear you... Leave well & enough alone

[Brummmie]

If you don't clip the bootlid down it lifts open at around 70mph, so at warp speed must create a fair bit of lift, a discreet boot lip spoiler could be of some benefit I guess?

[gruffalo]

I managed a 170 run at Le Mans at the 2010 classic. Car was so planted I had time to point out the Chinese that we had had dinner at the night before.

The thing that caused some consternation was that I was turned round pointing out the rear window at the time, I felt no issue with the cars behaviour, my passenger on the other hand was having kittens and flapping his arms like a swan on a take off run.

We have since checked the speedo for accuracy at this sort of speed and curiously it is very accurate, never more than 4 MPH out so it was a genuine 170 ish test.

Cerb is a stable beast at 170+, well mine is!