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SignUp Now!I'm no aerodynamics expert but I think there's more downforce problems with the front end than the rear end. Our cars get very floaty in the front end over 100 mph that would be helped by a proper front spoiler or air dam much moreso than a rear wing...............
That would make sense...at least the wing that was installed on my car is a pretty solid, heavy unit. When you turn the key to pop the trunk lid, you have to lift the lid up, it won't pop up by itself. It stays up on its own, though.I've noticed for 30 years that most of the times I see a Camaro or Firebird with a spoiler or a Grand National,they all tend to sit a little lower in the back if they have stock springs. I never notice this when I see a Camaro,Firebird,or Regal without a spoiler.
I'm talking about the stock GN spoiler and am not referring to the weight of the spoiler but the downforce that it creates. If I wanted to create more downforce on a GN,I would extend the lip of the stock spoiler or buy an aftermarket duplicate and modify it.That would make sense...at least the wing that was installed on my car is a pretty solid, heavy unit. When you turn the key to pop the trunk lid, you have to lift the lid up, it won't pop up by itself. It stays up on its own, though.
There used to be a fiberglass one available back in the early 2000s. I can't remember who made it(probably out of business now), but it was similar to the stock one and 1" taller for improved downforce they claimed. I'd never seen it in person, but contemplated ordering it for my Limited. Something Industries.I am surprised that someone hasn't taken a deck lid from a parts TB and tried to increase the height of the lip of the spoiler with fiberglass to see how it looks. A good body man should be able to do this , I would think. Don't have to go overboard with it, but it would be a fun experiment. Not a whole lot to lose as it would be a spare deck lid anyway and if it didn't turn out well, chalk it up to just trying something new. I have read that a first gen camaro with the spoiler exerted about 50 pounds of downforce or so at 70 mph. Just a thought.... It might not even look too bad.
The spoiler is a separate part from the deck lid.I am surprised that someone hasn't taken a deck lid from a parts TB and tried to increase the height of the lip of the spoiler with fiberglass to see how it looks. A good body man should be able to do this , I would think. Don't have to go overboard with it, but it would be a fun experiment. Not a whole lot to lose as it would be a spare deck lid anyway and if it didn't turn out well, chalk it up to just trying something new. I have read that a first gen camaro with the spoiler exerted about 50 pounds of downforce or so at 70 mph. Just a thought.... It might not even look too bad.
I get that. But my point was I wouldn't want to go playing with a perfectly good deck lid......The spoiler is a separate part from the deck lid.
I actually like mine much more...that one is too narrow and sits too low for my tastes.Years back when Kenne Bell had his TR Catalog, this was one of his product line, a rear spoiler.
Here are a couple of pictures of my TR with Kenne Bell rear spoiler installed.