Yes or No to rear diffuser.

[Frostyman]

Originally Posted by Wonderbar

I build the thing and I'm far from butthurt... I think it'd be way cooler if I could get people motivated to build their own custom parts. How sweet would it be to have 1,000 different diffusers and each one "unique" to the enthusiast that built it?!

I agree completely with your stance on opinions here, but people will always defend their own personal cars and why they like it. It's alright to debate opposing opinions if it's kept civil, IMO.

If it makes your jimmies wobble, you can know that I'm working on my own custom job. Gonna take a while due to space limitations though.

[ML]

Originally Posted by Wonderbar

I build the thing and I'm far from butthurt... I think it'd be way cooler if I could get people motivated to build their own custom parts. How sweet would it be to have 1,000 different diffusers and each one "unique" to the enthusiast that built it?!

I agree completely with your stance on opinions here, but people will always defend their own personal cars and why they like it. It's alright to debate opposing opinions if it's kept civil, IMO.

I would build my own, if I could find the materials locally.

[tennisfreak]

Originally Posted by Wonderbar

I build the thing and I'm far from butthurt... I think it'd be way cooler if I could get people motivated to build their own custom parts. How sweet would it be to have 1,000 different diffusers and each one "unique" to the enthusiast that built it?!

I agree completely with your stance on opinions here, but people will always defend their own personal cars and why they like it. It's alright to debate opposing opinions if it's kept civil, IMO.

I am thankful there are people like you out there who can/will engineer and build these things.

I lack the ingenuity, craftsmanship, time, and motivation to do it myself.

[glorydays]

Originally Posted by wparsons

You do realize that the "parachute" he was talking about is the rear bumper cover?

A proper diffuser will make a car more stable at highway speeds and also reduce fuel consumption, but who cares about that nonsense, right?

yea thats kinda obvious. my thing is, as far as performance, youre putting a diffuser on a street car to gain what? 1-2 mpg and maybe shave .05 seconds on a track when you probably wont drive on the track but 1-3 times out of the year. Makes sense for race cars but not your FRS. its no different than the shopping cart wings everyone screams ricer over. As far as aesthetics, which is purely subjective, i can appreciate the craft work but i just dont like the look.

[utekineir]

Originally Posted by glorydays

youre putting a diffuser on a street car to gain what? 1-2 mpg

sounds like enough of a reason right there.

every time a mod pays for itself an angel gets its wings

[plucas]

Yeah the gas savings would be worth it alone...

[ATL BRZ]

Originally Posted by glorydays

to gain what? 1-2 mpg

understatement based on data coming in.

Originally Posted by glorydays

maybe shave .05 seconds on a track

another understatement

Originally Posted by glorydays

when you probably wont drive on the track but 1-3 times out of the year

Six full weekends this year, more next year.

Originally Posted by glorydays

i can appreciate the craft work

Hypocritical thing to say after calling it a "jumble of Home Depot products" earlier in this thread.

[plucas]

Originally Posted by glorydays

well this is the cosmetic section where everyone is entitled to an opinion so to me that shit is still ugly. regardless of how many lasers used. its only my opinion though. perhaps i feel that way because the parachute is so ugly and that thing under it brings unwanted attention to it. maybe lose the parachute? i get it though, your diffuser will get your street car to perform marginally better on the tracks that it occasionally sees... like an F1 car right? cool. hollaholla

BTW there isn't an aero section so where else would you put this type of product? Maybe the track section....but doesn't fit there in my opinion. The rest is just

[glorydays]

couldnt you save more by simply laying off the pedal? cheapest mods are the ones to the driver.

[plucas]

Originally Posted by glorydays

couldnt you save more by simply laying off the pedal? cheapest mods are the ones to the driver.

You could do both and get even more. I don't see how improving your car's efficiency is a bad thing. If you don't like the looks cool, don't get one. Diffusers do work and work well. The will USUALLY decrease drag and increase downforce. And if you balance the car back out, what do you get? A more stable car at highway speeds and better gas mileage. Win Win in my book. Oh yeah, if you race, the possibility of better lap times.

[bkblitzed]

Originally Posted by glorydays

couldnt you save more by simply laying off the pedal? cheapest mods are the ones to the driver.

Lay off the pedel? So we can lose to priuses?

[ATL BRZ]

[Gunman]

Originally Posted by plucas

You could do both and get even more. I don't see how improving your car's efficiency is a bad thing. If you don't like the looks cool, don't get one. Diffusers do work and work well. The will USUALLY decrease drag and increase downforce. And if you balance the car back out, what do you get? A more stable car at highway speeds and better gas mileage. Win Win in my book. Oh yeah, if you race, the possibility of better lap times.

Rear diffuser and front splitter are you best L/D gains, ie lots of gains with minimal drag penalty.

Even before I bought my car, I started planning for a diffuser that would function, and not just be cosmetic rear ballast.

[Wonderbar]

Originally Posted by ATL BRZ

Can't see photo...