Giving us a bad name here... ugh.
 

Does anyone know the owner of this car? It HURTS to look at it. For those who can't spot what I'm pointing out. It's not the fact that it has a wing, it's the fact that it's backwards.

http://i.imgur.com/D83qE6X.png

Needs a dash of soy sauce.

As long as it's not a safety hazard (I'm wondering about that rear view visibility though...), who cares?

It generates lift in the back installed that way. It *is* a safety hazard. The back end of that car will be on ice at high speeds.

How much downforce does this wing produce? Negative one hundred. WTF!

The answer is negative downforce. :P

Hey don't make fun of me! Different strokes different folks.


J/k

I was hoping this day would never come.

Ah, I didn't know that (I have zero knowledge of aerodynamics). In that case, yes, I fully agree with you. Any mod that endangers other drivers is pretty selfish (and dumb).

So instead of "hydroplaning" he is "airplaning".

I just invented a new word, I should go collect some royalty checks thanks to this FRS.

looks like a portable high chair

Good thing everyone knows the Frs is to underpowered to be at high speeds, damn 200hp...:burnrubber:

Take his car, give him a civic.

it seems like a wing facing backwards would still generate downforce, although not very well. a wing placed upside down would create lift instead of downforce.

you guys are stupid! the cops will be looking for cars speeding with downforce not cars with upforce lol

would the rear tires not lift given the driver hits a high enough speed?

I second the soy sauce but add some wasabi to kick it up a notch.

The look is very uplifting.

If he turns it around the right way it is ricey at best. I think this one sells for $200 on eBay.

Reminds me of this.
http://image.lyricspond.com/image/k/...t/cd-cover.jpg

That's called "lift"

And actually "downforce" is just a pseudo science term, it's really "negative lift", but that's just being pedantic and it can be argued either way, it all falls under "aerodynamic forces".

As for a safety hazard I'm pretty sure if he wraps it around a tree or kills an old couple out for a walk the wing will have relatively little influence on stupidity.

Don't forget the trolls that do it to rile up folks like you. (I knew a guy who had a fat ricer wing on his Suzuki Samurai, it pissed me off too)

Haha yeah, I'm well aware of the technical terminology difference. If you see my original post I did call it lift, was just messing with him. :P

Aerodynamically this wing doesnt even make sense. The wing would come off before you deliver enough wind resistance to qualify for a significant amount of downforce to stick.

I think we are all wrong. Cant tell from the pic very well but I think he is driving backwards as well.

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Maybe users intent was not to generate downforce
Maybe he wants lift so that its easier to break traction and go ass out (drift) like this car's supposed to do...
so... he's just compensating for the lack of torque

It's very obvious- he races backwards.

that wing actually looks kinda sick. i would remove my trd lip for that if the price was right.........:lol:

If that doesn't add 5 HP I don't know what will...

Guys cut him a break. It was on sale at pep boys. How could anyone pass that up?

This thread is freaking hilarious!! Thanks for the laughs... Is that guy on this forum? Lol

care to explain this? it looks like it would create a shitton of lift to me because it would seem to create a pretty big separation coming off the back/front of that spoier.

It's a Florida thing, sorry FL residents. Here's proof.

[ame]http://youtu.be/sr7bdapo3UM[/ame]

Look at the angle. It's lifted at the "front" instead of being angled downwards. Put your hand out the window at two different angles, it'll make sense.

Your analogy applies to an airplane wing if flipped, not a car wing designed by a guy with barely a high school diploma if even that.

hahahahahah wtf disgrace

This sounds correct. Exactly what I was thinking before I got to this post. Even though backwards, the concave surface is still facing up so there would still be downforce. Or lift toward the ground if that makes the physicists happy.

Please please someone stop this guy.... needs to learn mechanics101/car101! If you see him again, let him know whats up. Just a kind reminder and give him the link to this thread for our enjoyment! and record his reaction when you talk to him.

hey it may be an April fools joke? :bellyroll: he must have not gotten the memo that april fools is only the 1st and thought it was all month, so all us car forum member would ridicule him, then he comes out to the forum saying GOTCHA! :lol:

After seeing this car I no longer have hope for the future...

Maybe he's a hipster and wings facing forward are just too "mainstream". :lol:

or he drives with a lot of fat chicks, requiring the added lift....

His car is bad and he should feel bad.

poor trunk has hole in it now. I wonder wtf the mechanics at the dealership say when he gets that Stealth aircraft service. OH the laughs they will have. Priceless

This made my day, thanks everyone for the laughs.