Thread: Spoiler delete?
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Old 12-20-2016, 02:11 PM   #8
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Originally Posted by Glen e View Post
Put on any spoiler you want, its all for show until you're at 125 miles an hour. The only other option is an aftermarket blade spoiler. The aftermarket ones will cover all the holes of the Wing, the GM accessory blade will not.
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Originally Posted by DenverTaco07 View Post
My rudimentary understanding is that the aero tunnel process is there for engineers to create the most efficient way to provide the downforce needed while minimizing Cd penalty. In other words some things, like a blade spoiler, may provide the same downforce as the spoiler, but at a greater Cd penalty.

Also, a delete may cause lift, increasing instability...either way I trust the 100's of hours and engineering expertise of the...engineers. nothing about the ZL1 is an accident.
Yeah but... Like Glen said, little effect until you're really moving. I'm only talking cosmetics here

And here's another thing I never could understand about the downforce thing - creating downforce in the back should have the effect of creating uplift in the front. I know I'm missing something on this, but every time I bring that up in these kinds of discussions, everything goes silent???

Probably has something to do with vacuum created by the front splitter and the air dam offsetting the downforce, but I've never read that.
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