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For the serious track junkies:
I wonder what sort of time improvement you would see with some aero mods? Front splitter, rear wing...simple stuff to make, and cheap. Plywood will do the job just fine.
And for those of you now shaking your head at me: That's one of the guys from the Ottawa Subaru club. A weekend, some plywood, and a piece of vinyl siding cut 2 seconds off his lap times at that track: http://www.ottawasubaru.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=14520 So waddaya think? It wouldn't be too hard to rig a splitter or wing on an SVX.
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Re: For the serious track junkies:
I saw a CRX on ebay once that had a plywood body kit, complete with functional hood scoop and functional side scoops.
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Re: For the serious track junkies:
Considering that we do not drive Refridgerater boxes on wheels, I doubt that such a substantial gain would be had... BUT that does not go to say there wouldn't be some gain had... At what expense cosmetically?
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Re: For the serious track junkies:
Everything comes off in about 20 minutes. What do you prefer on a track, people drooling over your car's clean lines, or envying your lap times?
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Chris 92 Ebony Mica LS-L "A Rolling Restoration": 223,250 KM - Sleeping 2007 STi 6MT, Stance GR+ coilovers, PWR Rad, JDM hood badge, svxfiles 6000K HIDs, JDM Clear Corners, $15/15 min mod, $20/20 min mod, Energy Swaybar Bushings, Hella Supertones horns, Gold STi BBS rims, Group A lightweight crank pulley, A/C system removed, Custom header-back exhaust, Hybrid carbon/metal rear sway bar, restored headlights with CCFL halos 2008 Subaru Legacy Spec B - Diamond Grey Metallic - Sold 2020 Ram 1500 Longhorn - Red Pearl |
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Re: For the serious track junkies:
Why don't you strip everything? That would be much better than adding crap?
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If the car is a daily driver, this is cheaper, faster, easier, and temporary.
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Re: For the serious track junkies:
"SLIGHTLY" off subject, but close ... Have you seen this on the 240 MPH "wooden car"?
http://www.woodmagazine.com/communit...-made-of-wood/ Pretty amazing!! College kids designed and built this as a "Masters" project / thesis ... Harry
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Makes a huge difference, just the changes to the front bumper between the 02-03 bugeye and the 04-05 makes a big difference in the feel and ability of the car. Reducing lift/adding downforce is a huge advantage. The SVX looks to be an easy add for a basic splitter in front and with some paint wouldn't even look out of place. Don't forget we have that huge bumper that sticks out then it heads back to the wheels, so it wouldn't even have to go farther out than the front bumper. Oh and if you make the front splitter lower and put on some real sideskirts to keep air from getting under the car, you get free downforce for no drag added. Just doesn't work if you have to drive around town since towns have speed bumps, pot holes, and inclined ramps into parking lots. |
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I've got an question about the Coefficient of drag on an svx. Was that mesurement based on that wide body svx, or just on your normal run of the mill svx. Would there be much difference between the both of them?
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Re: For the serious track junkies:
Downforce can definitely make a huge improvement in lap times. And it can seriously alter the front/rear bias as well.
At VIR a few years back I was crewing on an EVO 9 for an endurance race, during the qualifying the factory rear wing cracked dead center (apparently it doesn't like running at 148-152 mph for that long). We patched it numerous times, but it kept re-breaking and would sag on the high speed straights until the center touched the trunk lid, then return to mid-height at lowere speeds. Eventually a team member 'procured' a 'used' street sign, and we used the aluminum to make a vertical center brace, and we were able to finish the rain-soaked 3 hour enduro with no issues. Every driver (there were 3 changes) commented that without the rear wing the car was scary to drive at higher speeds, very tail happy. |
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It really all depends on a lot of small things. For example, if you ran a wheel with a lower offset in the rear, so it sat more flush with the fended, instead of the stock wheel that sits 1"+ inside the wheel well, you would see a lower C of D number. This is because the air wouldn't be able to tuck in to the wheel well and generate drag as much. And just because a car looks blunt nosed doesn't mean it's going to move through the air like a shoebox. The new GT-R has a 0.27 C of D, and it's nose isn't exactly needle-like.
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Chris 92 Ebony Mica LS-L "A Rolling Restoration": 223,250 KM - Sleeping 2007 STi 6MT, Stance GR+ coilovers, PWR Rad, JDM hood badge, svxfiles 6000K HIDs, JDM Clear Corners, $15/15 min mod, $20/20 min mod, Energy Swaybar Bushings, Hella Supertones horns, Gold STi BBS rims, Group A lightweight crank pulley, A/C system removed, Custom header-back exhaust, Hybrid carbon/metal rear sway bar, restored headlights with CCFL halos 2008 Subaru Legacy Spec B - Diamond Grey Metallic - Sold 2020 Ram 1500 Longhorn - Red Pearl |
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yeas i was meaning one of the prototypes. lol i couldnt think of that word lastnite
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