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Originally Posted by Mr.ac
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Unless your doing 120mph and need to shave off 2 seconds off lap times then yes a race wing will help.
If any wing you get is trunk mounted it's just for looks. Will it help you going freeway speeds? nope. It's all for looks.
If you still feel like I'm brutal, then your a ricer.
But it doesn't mean I don't like wings, it's just comical when people think their wing mounted on the truck will provide downforce at 70mph.
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How does a wing know it's mounted to a truck? Does a wing mounted to a truck deflect a commensurate amount compared to the wing angle to offset any potential performance advantage if it were mounted to the frame of the car? Have you run a wing on a truck or do you have any data (like lap times before / after) to share? How much does it deflect? I've run a car with a wing mounted to the frame of the vehicle, a Panoz. That's because it had to be... the body was plastic.
There are some large, lexan based rear spoilers in use on Miatas that seem to help. 949Racing has done similar things on Miatas via large, rear spoilers. Emilio at 949 doesn't care about cosmitic stuff. I'm curious to know what data you have to reference that shows a pronounced rear spoiler doesn't do "something"... whether it needs to be offset with front aero is another matter.