New Cheap Aluminum wing option
#1
New Cheap Aluminum wing option
Hey guys, have any of you checked this out yet? Seems like a really nice/ inexpensive aero option. Almost as light as carbon, and they designed it to bolt up to Singular's uprights. I'm currently running a BBFW spoiler but would like to move up to something with a better drag/downforce ratio. Sub $400 for a 64" wing without mounts. What do you guys think?
9 Lives Racing
9 Lives Racing
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Super pumped for this. Johnny mentioned the Elan wing in my dumbass post about cheap wings, and then he went ***** to the wall coming up with this. Can't wait to get mine. Still gotta figure out how to get the Singular uprights without a wing... I might give them a call tomorrow to see if that's a possibility. And I want to figure out a gurney flap for it, the slot for it is a pretty trick design.
For those of you with home made endplates, what material/thickness did you use? Emilio complained about the wet carbon endplates on Bullet, so dry carbon is obviously the ticket... just not sure how thick is needed.
For those of you with home made endplates, what material/thickness did you use? Emilio complained about the wet carbon endplates on Bullet, so dry carbon is obviously the ticket... just not sure how thick is needed.
#10
Well ****. That's too bad. I'm kinda surprised and not surprised at the same time. Thanks for confirming.
-Added make uprights to my ever growing list of things I need to do. This wing is just too cheap for me to pass up. I caught air twice at my last autox. I need aero (and to tweak suspension)
-Added make uprights to my ever growing list of things I need to do. This wing is just too cheap for me to pass up. I caught air twice at my last autox. I need aero (and to tweak suspension)
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To clear things up, we do not offer any portion of our wing kit separately. We had one person this last week contact us who confirmed they had a GT-250 airfoil at correct measurements/specs so we priced him our kit without the airfoil. We don't normally offer those pieces a la carte and it's possible that person what just trolling us for a price. Our wing kit is an extremely efficient package with significant downforce potential and premium quality top to bottom. We tested and developed our package for over a year before bringing it to market. When you buy our kit you know exactly what you're getting. Lap times drop by seconds and it wins races. The wing discussed here is a complete unknown product jumped into taking orders with as yet zero meaningful testing done on a production car chassis. The one real world sample of it being used on a Miata shows no significant improvement over a GTC-200 mounted high in the airstream (which is about as draggy as a school bus so a very low benchmark). We have not yet seen anything to suggest that this is an airfoil we would want to run ourselves, and that alone is the most significant litmus test here for whether a prospective product is something we want to pursue or support.
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taken from 9 lives site
"Measurements were provided by Elan Motorsports, as tested in CFD software at 70" and while mounted on the back of an NP01 for realistic numbers. no gurney flap attached. "
sounds like it did not have a miata involved in any testing. An NP01 is a lot different than my NA, making the numbers seem...unrealistic. my two cents.
sounds like it did not have a miata involved in any testing. An NP01 is a lot different than my NA, making the numbers seem...unrealistic. my two cents.