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#151
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I think you need to look at the entire package of what we have done, the undertray, eliminating the two large vent holes in the fascia, the rear diffuser and for the black car the rear wing we added. While I agree with you that what we have done is not enough for someone trying to glue a road race car to the track it did make a HUGE improvement in traction and stability on our drag car and I feel it would make a noticeable improvement on a road race car.
I am of course not trying to do anything to increase drag on our drag cars as I want them as fast as they can be. However part of the reason we started this project was to also improve the control of our black drag car as it was all over the track the way it was before. Now the car is running dead straight.
I am of course not trying to do anything to increase drag on our drag cars as I want them as fast as they can be. However part of the reason we started this project was to also improve the control of our black drag car as it was all over the track the way it was before. Now the car is running dead straight.
#152
i agree, that's what i was trying to point out. you put together a simple package that can service a large percentage of people who need solutions.
one thing to keep in mind: all downforce comes at the cost of drag. there is no way to redirect air without costing horsepower. redirecting air is the only way to make virtual weight, the only other way is to add real weight... that's worse.
one thing to keep in mind: all downforce comes at the cost of drag. there is no way to redirect air without costing horsepower. redirecting air is the only way to make virtual weight, the only other way is to add real weight... that's worse.
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And what the hell is virtual weight?
#154
vortex generators do not increase or create downforce. they also create some drag, the drag they reduce downstream is is what you're going after. the wing that creates downforce does create drag.
your statement is really unfounded. what you're suggesting is that you can get something for nothing... that is not the case. even if you were to reap down force benefits from a vortex generator solely from readhereing seperated flow on the tail end of the car the downforce device would be the entire car (in a wing shape, think lots of front caster) and that CERTAINLY makes drag.
virtual weight is weight that is not induced by mass. instead primarily from moving through a fluid with force producing devices such as wings.
your statement is really unfounded. what you're suggesting is that you can get something for nothing... that is not the case. even if you were to reap down force benefits from a vortex generator solely from readhereing seperated flow on the tail end of the car the downforce device would be the entire car (in a wing shape, think lots of front caster) and that CERTAINLY makes drag.
virtual weight is weight that is not induced by mass. instead primarily from moving through a fluid with force producing devices such as wings.
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A rear spoiler does not create downforce. A spoiler gets in the path of air that would come around the rear of the car and create upforce.
A car's rear spoiler in most cases behaves nothing like an airplane wing.
A car's rear spoiler in most cases behaves nothing like an airplane wing.
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your statement is really unfounded. what you're suggesting is that you can get something for nothing... that is not the case. even if you were to reap down force benefits from a vortex generator solely from readhereing seperated flow on the tail end of the car the downforce device would be the entire car (in a wing shape, think lots of front caster) and that CERTAINLY makes drag.
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Force = Mass * Acceleration
Edit: corrected from below because i am being dumb today.
Weight is a type of Force specifically the Force due to gravity.
The force from an airplane wing is known as lift. If lift > weight you fly.
Last edited by TearItUpSports; Oct 8, 2007 at 12:13 PM.
#159
What you say is not always true when you look the whole picture. The vortex generators on the roof of the evo are a perfect example of reducing drag and increasing downforce on the whole car. Yes the VG's by themself create drag, but they address flow problems on other parts of the car that reduce the total drag.
And what the hell is virtual weight?
And what the hell is virtual weight?
THERE IS NO MAKING DOWNFORCE WITHOUT CREATING DRAG PERIOD PERIOD PERIOD PERIOD DAWT DAWT DAWT
i did not say you cannot REFINE your down force to minimize drag. i said that there is no way to create downforce that isn't already existing without creating drag.
alread existing downforce inhibted by lift... is not creating new downforce.
Last edited by trinydex; Oct 8, 2007 at 12:29 PM.
#160
This term is also known as Acceleration
Force = Mass * Acceleration
Edit: corrected from below because i am being dumb today.
Weight is a type of Force specifically the Force due to gravity.
The force from an airplane wing is known as lift. If lift > weight you fly.
Force = Mass * Acceleration
Edit: corrected from below because i am being dumb today.
Weight is a type of Force specifically the Force due to gravity.
The force from an airplane wing is known as lift. If lift > weight you fly.
#161
THIS is what you originally said.
THERE IS NO MAKING DOWNFORCE WITHOUT CREATING DRAG PERIOD PERIOD PERIOD PERIOD DAWT DAWT DAWT
i did not say you cannot REFINE your down force to minimize drag. i said that there is no way to create downforce that isn't already existing without creating drag.
alread existing downforce inhibted by lift... is not creating new downforce.
THERE IS NO MAKING DOWNFORCE WITHOUT CREATING DRAG PERIOD PERIOD PERIOD PERIOD DAWT DAWT DAWT
i did not say you cannot REFINE your down force to minimize drag. i said that there is no way to create downforce that isn't already existing without creating drag.
alread existing downforce inhibted by lift... is not creating new downforce.
if you have a perfectly flat sheet of unbendable material which is also conveniently infinitely thin, and has no surface friction, sitting longitunidally and parallel to a perfectly unperturbed flow there is NO FORCE PRODUCED.
once you present some finite cross sectional area to the flow, there is a force produced.
I think we all realize the primary purpose of the VG's is to reduce lift generated by the car's body, but in doing so it also reduces the drag associated with creating that lift. I'm not exactly sure what relation the front suspension geometry has with respect to drag.
lol
lol
the vortex generator works PRIMARILY BECAUSE it reduces the drag around the car. it readhears flow to the back of the car, inadvertantly turning the flow downward, INCREASING the wing's exposure to flow.
vg with no wing equals slightly better aerodynamics... no downforce or little downforce. it's there for the wing... not to make downforce.
Last edited by trinydex; Oct 8, 2007 at 12:36 PM.
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let me be real short and to the point here.
To which I responded,
Translation. You can add parts to the car that will redirect the air and NOT cost you horsepower.
That's all. All this other crap you're going off about, while true, is completely unrelated to the point I was trying to make. So lets put this "chewbaca defense" to rest.
there is no way to redirect air without costing horsepower.
What you say is not always true when you look the whole picture.
That's all. All this other crap you're going off about, while true, is completely unrelated to the point I was trying to make. So lets put this "chewbaca defense" to rest.