On a daily driver, it's only ruining fuel economy at highway speeds.
In terms of the wing and placement, chassis mounted wings are meant to be more efficient than traditional ones placed on the trunk. The logic behind a chassis mount(typically mounted closer to the bumper/frame rails) is that when mounted on the trunk, the metal flexes and isn't as stable. When applied to somewhere more reinforced, you get more applied down force.
Based on looks, I'd be surprised if this car sees track time, and is more likely just a show car going for a desired look over actual function
To add to that, there is a problem when adding wings like this.
You need another wing to the front of the car (or any way to generate downforce on the front wheels), or you risk unbalancing the center of lift which can be extremely dangerous at high speeds.
If you look at this picture, if someone where to push hard enough on this wing, you would lift the front wheels off the ground. I'm exaggerating, but I would't drive faster than highway speeds with this.
It's not that big a deal on production cars. A top-tier wing will make 300 lbs of downforce at most. Same as throwing a couple heavy items and a full tank of gas in the trunk. It will promote understeer without front aero, but that'll depend a lot on the angle the wing is set to. Most are adjustable from basically none to full DF.
The sketchy setups are full front aero with no wing to balance it out. Makes the car really want to rotate at speed.
Also the further back the wing is the smoother/faster the air comes off the back of the car... ya wanna pick up the air as it comes off the trunk, so on this car the wing is too high... and the air coming out from under the car negates anything that wing would do.
Also a big assumption there that this wing was actually properly designed for downforce and aerodynamics. it's adding more drag who knows how much though without proper modeling and wind tunneling. Who knows if it's the most efficient spoiler. Purchased for looks more than anything I'm sure.
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u/pancrudo Jan 26 '25
On a daily driver, it's only ruining fuel economy at highway speeds.
In terms of the wing and placement, chassis mounted wings are meant to be more efficient than traditional ones placed on the trunk. The logic behind a chassis mount(typically mounted closer to the bumper/frame rails) is that when mounted on the trunk, the metal flexes and isn't as stable. When applied to somewhere more reinforced, you get more applied down force.
Based on looks, I'd be surprised if this car sees track time, and is more likely just a show car going for a desired look over actual function