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Old 04-10-2021, 06:56 PM   #37
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Originally Posted by Pat View Post
In theory I totally agree. In practice I'm skeptical I could feel much.
At 100mph+ it’s beyond noticeable the difference.

Take a car with zero aero,
Add only a real functional front splitter. And prepare to hate driving at 100mph+.

Then add a diffuser to the above to rebalance it and prepare to love driving at 100mph+ the feeing is night and day.

From a drag reduction stand point you won’t really feel that. IIRC the drag reduction at 100mph for everything combined was the equivalent to about 10whp or 2.5whp at 50mph, I calculated it out once. Which i guess adds up but 10whp isn’t that noticeable.

From a downforce / reducing lift stand point though, It’s huge. Below 80 you dont really feel it, at 80 you start to feel it by 100 it’s very noticeable and by 120 you couldn’t imagine driving without it.
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