Re: the wing on Jimmy's dart.. or just wings in general
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10/29/11 03:08 PM
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Several years ago, there was a research on 'wings' and most where found to be a et scrubber on most, I don't remember the speed ex , but it was somewhere above the 120 mark before it started adding down force to the car until then it was a drag and took more hp to start over comming that effect. All the big fuel guys have to have them in order to 'hook the car on the big end of the track, but , if you notice they get to play with the degree and height depend on type of track , and temp air density so for the big boys it is a tunning device
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Re: the wing on Jimmy's dart.. or just wings in general
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10/29/11 04:41 PM
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here's a good example. i have a customer with a mid 60's Nova that was running 10.0 e.t.'s complaining that the back end of the car was skating all over above 120 MPH. he installed a wing and the car is now very stable at the top end. no other changes. it's also quicker with the wing than without.
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Re: the wing on Jimmy's dart.. or just wings in general
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10/29/11 07:25 PM
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im really interested in the first 60 feet a 1.25 60 foot = 52 mph i was wodering if, say at 25-30-mph a wing could produce enough force to help hook a small tire?
the answer to that question is NO, it will not help! but depending on the wing, give you that real 'COOL' look lol
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