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macspeedy

posted on 9/12/03 at 09:43 PM Reply With Quote
wow

The idea of a wing on a seven had crossed my mind but wasn't sure how.....
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JoelP

posted on 9/12/03 at 10:45 PM Reply With Quote
certainly looks good, and the roll bar looks good to cover side stuff as well...
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blueshift

posted on 9/12/03 at 11:27 PM Reply With Quote
ugly ugly imo.
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VinceGledhill

posted on 10/12/03 at 12:20 AM Reply With Quote
I'm with you blueshift





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Hugh Paterson

posted on 10/12/03 at 10:22 AM Reply With Quote
WHY?
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timf

posted on 10/12/03 at 11:16 AM Reply With Quote
ugly

next thing will be neons under it

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mackie

posted on 10/12/03 at 11:33 AM Reply With Quote
I wouldn't say it is ugly, it looks kind of badass, but I would say it's like trying to make a silk purse out of an aerodynamic sow's ear and ultimately without point.

Yup, if you want aerodynamics go for a Radical/GT1/XTR2/JP1 type car (I wish!).
Caterham are experimenting with wings and diffusers on their new car, didn't have the big rear wing but it did have a (detachable) front one but it tends to make the front too grippy, or so I read.

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blueshift

posted on 10/12/03 at 02:00 PM Reply With Quote
Looks slightly badass, you can see where they were trying to go with it, but if you look at the car overall it looks like the underlying seven shape was designed by a car designer with some sense of taste and asthetics, and then some kind of handy andy boy racer has stuck a huge MDF wing on the back of it.

It could have been done so much better.. not that I'm offering a design, I'm no car designer.. but I know what it looks like when one gets it right

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ned

posted on 10/12/03 at 02:05 PM Reply With Quote
They've obviously mounted it high up to try and get some clean air over the wing to get it to work. a lot of wings that are lower down will get dirty air from going round your head or helmet (if wearing one). Interesting Idea, but as said if you want an aerodynamic car look elsewhere.

Ned.





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theconrodkid

posted on 10/12/03 at 05:35 PM Reply With Quote
rear wing?looks more like an air brake





who cares who wins
pass the pork pies

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