View Poll Results: Which option do you have on your Evo?
spoiler only
93
24.54%
sunroof only
10
2.64%
both spoiler and sunroof
261
68.87%
none
15
3.96%
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Do you have spoiler/sunroof or both?
Aug 6, 2003, 11:33 PM
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can somebody post a pic of an evo with a small wing? maybe a pic of an evo w/o a wing and sunroof? Havent seen pics of either so I cant really picture it.... thanks
Aug 15, 2003, 08:10 PM
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wooo hooooo I get to be the first!!
Sun Roof , Small Spoiler!!!
No by choice, I got a really good deal, and to get the one with the spoiler anywhere else in the color I wanted was over 1K more. Ill post pics when I wash my car and make it nice.
Kinda like the small spoiler now =) dont look quite like a little kid when I show up to business meetings in a suit and a Giant CF Spoiler with Altezza lights.
Sun Roof , Small Spoiler!!!
No by choice, I got a really good deal, and to get the one with the spoiler anywhere else in the color I wanted was over 1K more. Ill post pics when I wash my car and make it nice.
Kinda like the small spoiler now =) dont look quite like a little kid when I show up to business meetings in a suit and a Giant CF Spoiler with Altezza lights.
Aug 18, 2003, 04:34 AM
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The availability of the sunroof was one of the decision factors for the EVO over the STi. Yes, it's not strictly performance, but it's handy for a daily driver.
The built-in tailgater I could have done without from an aesthetics perspective. But the track reports I saw on this car indicate that it gets a bit tail-happy at speed without the big wing.
It really is an airfoil shape, not just a flat plate. Which begs the question:
Has anyone managed to pull a contrail with the EVO's big wing?
(If you've watched Formula One, you've probably seen the vapor trails squeezed out by those big honkin' wings. Now I know the EVO doesn't produce anywhere near the downforce of an F1 car (which could drive upside down). But when the temperature and dewpoint are nearly the same, and it's way humid, even a little wing like ours might squeeze some moisture out of the air.)
The built-in tailgater I could have done without from an aesthetics perspective. But the track reports I saw on this car indicate that it gets a bit tail-happy at speed without the big wing.
It really is an airfoil shape, not just a flat plate. Which begs the question:
Has anyone managed to pull a contrail with the EVO's big wing?
(If you've watched Formula One, you've probably seen the vapor trails squeezed out by those big honkin' wings. Now I know the EVO doesn't produce anywhere near the downforce of an F1 car (which could drive upside down). But when the temperature and dewpoint are nearly the same, and it's way humid, even a little wing like ours might squeeze some moisture out of the air.)
Aug 22, 2003, 07:24 AM
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Were are you getting those numbers from, the sunroof adds 30lbs. not 50.
Originally posted by alex_alex
i had a sunroof and just about everything else in my bmw before i got rid of it, and im over the whole luxury bit.
even in SoCal, i rarely use the sunroof.
On the EVO , it adds about 50 lbs of weight...which may not be substantial...but see how much it takes to lighten a car by that much...
The only way youll even come close is by taking out the spare...
i had a sunroof and just about everything else in my bmw before i got rid of it, and im over the whole luxury bit.
even in SoCal, i rarely use the sunroof.
On the EVO , it adds about 50 lbs of weight...which may not be substantial...but see how much it takes to lighten a car by that much...
The only way youll even come close is by taking out the spare...
Sep 6, 2003, 01:59 AM
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I've got them both. I was actually considering an Oz style wing when shopping, but I got a good deal with the big one.
DGS, I would love to see a tip vortex off the wing. It gets humid enough around Atlanta. I imagine the speed required to generate a vortex would probably land me in jail for a long time. One would also probably have to install a Gurney flap (AKA whickerbill), or something even more dramatic, to further compress the air.
As an educational fact, it is not a contrail. Contrails are formed from condensed exhaust gasses. Tip vortices are formed by wings. A link to a better explantion may be found here
Best wishes,
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DGS, I would love to see a tip vortex off the wing. It gets humid enough around Atlanta. I imagine the speed required to generate a vortex would probably land me in jail for a long time. One would also probably have to install a Gurney flap (AKA whickerbill), or something even more dramatic, to further compress the air.
As an educational fact, it is not a contrail. Contrails are formed from condensed exhaust gasses. Tip vortices are formed by wings. A link to a better explantion may be found here
Best wishes,
f86sabre
Oct 2, 2003, 01:48 PM
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Big a@*spoiler, no sunroof.
I have always had sunroofs and they were always open. But after seeing the tracks and headliner full of dirt and road debrit, thought I would pass. No regrets though. Hell, I would have even bought my Evo without a radio since that never gets used either.
I have always had sunroofs and they were always open. But after seeing the tracks and headliner full of dirt and road debrit, thought I would pass. No regrets though. Hell, I would have even bought my Evo without a radio since that never gets used either.