Wings
 

Does anyone here have any usefull information on homemade wings. I have to build two of them. They can't be super heavy, and must be fuctional. I was thinking carbon, fiberglass, or even sheet alunimun all depending on cost, weight and ease of building. I searched around google and couldn't find anything useful.

Thanks
Randy

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Boy are you in the wrong place.

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I made one with a old skateboard, 2x4's and some duct tape, mad light weight and cheap on the wallet

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Functional? Are you putting them on the front?

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Is this better???
https://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c...x/untitled.jpg

Randy

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The plan is to add downforce to the front and some in the back also. I think more vertical boards in the rear to help side to side stability. The back end does get pretty light at speed over the bumps, so some downforce would be good.

Randy
PS this is a racecar never street driving (one time maybe, 3:30am the night before a race)

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And how fast do actually think you are going with this?

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Well last year make 232 to the wheels with a stupid ew3 turbo setup and a crap gear splits in the tranny we would hit a top speed of about 120-130 down the longest straight. This year we will be making a ton more power with a b18a and some boost, horsepower rating are not going to be until about november.

Track conditions
1 mile - 1.25 mile long track
1 minute lap times are fast
so average speed is about 70 mph
top about 120-130
10-14 turns
1 long straight
a couple kinks
on a frozen lake
running 26.5 inch tall tires with studs

So most of our time is in the turns, and we will have a ton of power to pull drag down the straight. I know we will have to do some testing before the balance is right (all done with lap times)

I just thought that you guys that can weld and fab stuff would have some insight.

Randy

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NO BLING AT ALL!!! I forgot to say that in the first post.

Randy

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You can buy wings for cheap

Non will net you any difference for your power level or atmosphere though