And the BMW guys won......again.

We took the best times of six runs and averaged them. BWM's were just over 39 seconds and we were just over 40. My best was a 34.539. I was third overall behind Danny's Boxter at 34.292 and a Lotus 7 copy with a 3.4 liter V6 Chevy with a 34.436.
The weather was PERFECT!

Here I am in action. This pic has been reduced, the original one is 1288 KB!!! Talk about wallpaper.

nessie laid down some smack!

I need a rear wing.
Maybe....

Looks like you closed the gap on the Stalker from the State Championships. Was it the same car?

Did you make any changes to your car?

Mike T

I agree with the wing thing. XP allows a 5 foot wide 3 foot long wing.
If'n I had your Horse power I definately would go that route. With a splitter that makes Trekkor's look like a scooter toy.

It was the same car/driver. Yesterday's course was 1/3 the length of what the Championship course was. I was a little surprised I could get that close to his time and I didn't change a thing to the car.

I think I'm going to make a wing. 60" x 12" with end plates.
It'll be my winter project.

A little inspiration perhaps.

XP rules currently say I can have up to 15 sq ft of rear wing. However I am going to need more HP to overcome the drag.

Wonder is Jake will rent me an engine for Nationals.

pikes peak... scary....

I hear this a lot so have been researching car aerodynamics, the short answer is in most low drag road car body profiles positive lift is generated. The analogy is look at a car in profile & superimpose an aircraft wing profile. Easy to see in the case of a 911.

Using spoilers & wings aids in generating negative lift, which allows us to go faster through turns then consequently go faster down straights etc. Its a compound equation from then on.

Thus creating drag is not always a bad thing.

An F1 car creates so much drag that before the brakes are put on the car decelerates at >1g. BTW i know they've 900hp, unlimited budgets & 200mph on their side.

But I'm working the math on 14's based on more modest 20-50mph road speeds. Stay tuned

Anyone notice the abundance of wings at Nationals this year? Heck even the class winning STS car had a freaking wing.

Yet the XP winner was a 70 911 with duck tail.
Que in the "I'm still kicking myself for not going this year".

Yes it was the year of the wing!

Home Depot here I come. If I run a big enough wing I might be able to keep my rear from lifiting in turn.

That has been fixed btw, with various methods, 2 prevent it, one says bring it I am now prepared.

BTW, Good Job Paul did the Stalker have to run X class or did the BMW guys take him cause he used a BMW shift knob. Or did he just wear the tee shirt and matching thong underwear

If you do a Google search for wings you get a million ricer bolt-on suppliers. I found these on line from a company named Pennon. There website even has cross section drawings.

E-Mod = no wings...


Mike T

A-mod..... Oh yea baby!
Paul those wings for ricers are WAY not big enough to have any effect at Autocross cornering speeds.

look at sheridans wing at ultimate914.com

dont you need something over the roofline? (not applicable to paul's car LOL)

I agree, the ricer wings are too small. I'm thinking some thing like this but maybe with a bi-wing.

It will be mounted about at the roll bar height or just above.