Interesting Dark Horse High Performance Rear Wing Aero Analysis

[OX1]

The only way to properly add a rear wing. When mine was installed, it had square tubing brackets mounted in trunk to frame, with mount slabs protruding thru drunk lid, where wing would be attached. PIA to open trunk, if needed, had to take wing off.

I definitely agree on premise. Ford claims 620 lb downforce on SC now.
That's like it's engine w/supercharger (wet, not even dry) on the trunk.
Everything back there must be compressing a decent amount, on a stock 500/SC with CF Wing.

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[Junkyard Dog]

That's like it's engine w/supercharger (wet, not even dry) on the trunk.

Well, except aero downforce does not also pull the car sideways on turns like an an extra engine in the trunk would. It just pushes the tires down against the asphalt.

 

[RLE55]

The trick with aero is getting the car balanced as best you can. Not having access to wind tunnels (and being able to afford them), it took a lot of "try this and try that", before we felt we knew how much wing angle to have to compliment the splitter and vice versa. Then adding the diffuser added more dynamics to everything and of course adding splitter end plates and winglets and playing with different designs of wing end plates........it never ended. The objective was to get the car to stick in the twisties better without sacrificing straight line speed to much....at least that was the theory of our objective.

 

[OX1]

Well, except aero downforce does not also pull the car sideways on turns like an an extra engine in the trunk would. It just pushes the tires down against the asphalt.

Understood. Just trying to think what the wing mount area on trunk would look like after supporting a full weight predator on those wing mounts. Just feels like it wouldn't be pretty.

There is not a huge amount of extra support added for CF wing, at least not on my car. Maybe SC upgrades that area........https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fdww_xU7uhc

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