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Re: Do spoilers work? [Re: autoxcuda] #142681
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Something as simple as this works too.

IIRC, this is a garage door seal




Re: Do spoilers work? [Re: Rug_Trucker] #142682
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I heard the old DC spoilers for Dusters actually slowed them at the track.



Ask 340SIX, it has a rear spoiler that faces up....


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Re: Do spoilers work? [Re: pishta] #142683
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I heard the old DC spoilers for Dusters actually slowed them at the track.



Ask 340SIX, it has a rear spoiler that faces up....



I wasn't talking rear I meant to say the front one.

Re: Do spoilers work? [Re: Rug_Trucker] #142684
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Yes, a rear spoiler will slow down a drag car.

My Aspen has run the strip both with and without the factory R/T spoiler. The rear spoiler created enough drag to cost me 2/10 of a second in the quarter @ 110 mph. It also creates enough down force that the lip of the fender just starts to glaze the corner of the tire where it never did before.

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Re: Do spoilers work? [Re: autoxcuda] #142685
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Thanks for the link AutoXcuda, also sorry to read that your web page is gone.
I hope you are able to salvage it.
I am going to email the Cuda spoiler guy and see if he has any made up for the Challenger.

Re: Do spoilers work? [Re: 71rm23] #142686
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There are four forces that affect an airfoil.

thrust, drag, lift, gravity.




"Thrust"? Explain


Reality check, that half the population is smarter then 50% of the people and it's a constantly contested fact.
Re: Do spoilers work? [Re: jcc] #142687
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There are four forces that affect an airfoil.

thrust, drag, lift, gravity.




"Thrust"? Explain





Whatz da matter? Didn't you see "Chicken Run"


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Re: Do spoilers work? [Re: boydsdodge] #142688
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Thanks for the link AutoXcuda, also sorry to read that your web page is gone.
I hope you are able to salvage it.
I am going to email the Cuda spoiler guy and see if he has any made up for the Challenger.





If you look at Tom Quad's AAR at watkins glen I think he has a ABS plastic front spoiler. Those are much more durable than fiberglass. They will bend and then bend back. I have seen 67/69 Camaro spoilers adapted easy to various Mopars. Maybe even a 69/70 Mustang one?

Tom Quad where did that spoiler come from?


Re: Do spoilers work? [Re: autoxcuda] #142689
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Thanks for the link AutoXcuda, also sorry to read that your web page is gone.
I hope you are able to salvage it.
I am going to email the Cuda spoiler guy and see if he has any made up for the Challenger.





If you look at Tom Quad's AAR at watkins glen I think he has a ABS plastic front spoiler. Those are much more durable than fiberglass. They will bend and then bend back. I have seen 67/69 Camaro spoilers adapted easy to various Mopars. Maybe even a 69/70 Mustang one?

Tom Quad where did that spoiler come from?





That is a mighty fine lookin chin spoiler on there.

How about the AAR-T/A rear ducktail spoilers? Those seem to have much use at 'normal' speeds?


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Re: Do spoilers work? [Re: GoodysGotaCuda] #142690
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How about the AAR-T/A rear ducktail spoilers? Those seem to have much use at 'normal' speeds?




I think the basic coupe outline with notchback rear with flat trunk of a E-body is very similar to the 69 Camaro they tested in the 69 Car Life spoiler article. And the Camaro ducktail spoiler is very similar to the AAR/TA. So if it worked on the Camaro I think it will work on the E-bodies.

In the article they got about 50 lbs of force at 70 mph,IIRC. Things just were starting to happen then

Re: Do spoilers work? [Re: autoxcuda] #142691
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Re: Do spoilers work? [Re: Rug_Trucker] #142692
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There are four forces that affect an airfoil.

thrust, drag, lift, gravity.




"Thrust"? Explain





Whatz da matter? Didn't you see "Chicken Run"




These four forces are more related to aviation/aeronautics. Think of thrust as "horsepower", I guess. The amount of force it takes to propel an object.

Gravity
Thrust + Drag
Lift

Drag tries to counter thrust
Gravity tries to counter lift

When thrust and lift overcomes the drag and gravity, you have propulsion

Re: Do spoilers work? [Re: autoxcuda] #142693
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If you look at Tom Quad's AAR at watkins glen I think he has a ABS plastic front spoiler. Those are much more durable than fiberglass. They will bend and then bend back. I have seen 67/69 Camaro spoilers adapted easy to various Mopars. Maybe even a 69/70 Mustang one?

Tom Quad where did that spoiler come from?





I found this link, maybe you could make one of these work. The price is sure right.

http://www.up22.com/spoilers.htm

Let us know what you find out.


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Re: Do spoilers work? [Re: PlumCrazyChris] #142694
11/06/08 12:49 AM
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That link also has a nice page discussing aerodynamic principles.

http://www.up22.com/Aerodynamics.htm


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