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Feb 9 2013 06:45pm
Explain why you voted for what.

Mind you this isn't my car and my friend who has it thinks his car is made for racing. I think the spoiler looks dumb and serves no real purpose apart from aesthetics pleasing to tools.

Discuss.

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Feb 9 2013 06:51pm
adds downforce at high speeds.
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Feb 9 2013 06:51pm
Without proper aero and wind tunnel testing it is impossible to accurately say how much it "helps or hurts"

I picked hurt, because

Your friend will never drive that car fast enough to possibly make that spoiler produce enough downforce for a noticeable gain. Especially not in a daily driving situation.

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Feb 9 2013 06:54pm
Quote (Morphmcmanerson @ 9 Feb 2013 19:51)
adds downforce at high speeds.


I know what a spoiler does..

Quote (OldAndyAndTheSea @ 9 Feb 2013 19:51)
Without proper aero and wind tunnel testing it is impossible to accurately say how much it "helps or hurts"

I picked hurt, because

Your friend will never drive that car fast enough to possibly make that spoiler produce enough downforce for a noticeable gain. Especially not in a daily driving situation.


Agreed.

Not to mention if you look at a stock car, they use a duck fin design and not some over bearing goddy crap. I think it's pointless but he insist his car is going to be a rally racer.
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Feb 9 2013 06:55pm
I personally like the design, but only if it could have been a little shorter.

It's eye candy.
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Feb 9 2013 06:59pm
Also one of the biggest factors for producing downforce is the pitch of the spoiler.

That one doesn't have much.

If he likes it, its cool. But yeah he'll be laughed out of a room by someone who knows what they are talking about if he decides to play like it helps his driving.
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Feb 9 2013 07:04pm
Supposedly his car does a 13 QM.
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Feb 9 2013 07:06pm
I personally think they continue doing it because thats what they are known for..... bigass wings on their cars
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Feb 9 2013 07:09pm
Quote (Epicexecution @ 9 Feb 2013 20:06)
I personally think they continue doing it because thats what they are known for..... bigass wings on their cars


Yeah. My buddy told me they do it because: "Why would subaru put something that doesn't help on their cars?" I pretty much said that they do it because they give two fucks on the performance of the cars and are in the business of making money not making "rally racer" stock cars.
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