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Old 04-07-2014, 11:47 AM   #7
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Originally Posted by plucas View Post
Splitters do not need to be that rigid imo. A splitter is never going to see a direct load of say 150-200lbs like a person standing on it in multiple places. It would have to be a beastly splitter to even make that kind of downforce on any car besides a full out racecar.
..... i've seen home made splitters flutter on the track because they've lost a few bolts or were incorrectly mounted to begin with.

i've also seen a rear wing mount buckle on miata during an autocross run

i think for the home-mechanic, overdoing it in terms of strength/ridgidity can only be of net benefit as they won't have that many chances to make tests of their design at speed in the real world as most don't use software to design/test them and just kinda go off generally accepted approaches.
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