Actually, I would suggest that they *are* different. I agree about the
wings, in fact most of the ones you see have zero pitch so they just
cause drag and no downforce whatsoever. But keeping air out from under
the car has a payoff even at normal speeds, and can aid high speed
stability even if not contributing a lot of downforce.
James Nazarian Jr had this to say:
>not that it is a direct relation, but I have read that rear "wings" (the
>ones they like to fit to american cars) don't start to come into effect
>until 80-90mph. I would suspect that the same would basically hold true
>for a front wing. I doubt that you would feel anything from the air dam
>until then.
>
>James Nazarian
>71 B Roadster
>71 BGT
>63 Buick 215
>
>"Aerodynamics are for people who cannot build engines"
>Enzo Ferrari
>
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Max Heim
'66 MGB GHN3L76149
If you're near Mountain View, CA,
it's the red one with the silver bootlid.
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