Does adding a spoiler help?

the.owl SG

so the spoiler is like a upside down airplane wing?

mancha SG

Does it not ooccur to you?
Why it is called spoiler?
Your car is designed without flaps or wings, adding them spoil the design. Also wear out your rear tyres faster. Block your rear view. Cause wind drag and therefore increase fuel consumption. Reduce the peoples' estimation of you. And most important of all, after a while the novelty of it wears off, and you yourself will feel stupid about it. It is attractive when you do not have it, but no big deal when you do have it.
That's why it is called spoiler. Laughing

freakass SG

Well said!

X 938749865839403809 Laughing

cosmic_rides SG

i think it does nothing at low speeds. but i was told by KM SE that it could increase the top speed by another 10 or 20 km/h..... but most cars are speed limited at 180, so why then??? and in sg, going at 120 means losing ur licence..... Shocked Shocked Shocked

<Precious> SG

Yes, it helps you look more Beng! Laughing

alleggerita SG

Yes, a spoiler/wing is simply an upside down airplane wing..so instead of generating lift, it creates downforce to make the car grip better..it's called a spoiler because it "spoils" the airflow around the car to create downforce, so it's literally a "spoiler"..but a spoiler usually works at about 100km/h above..below that it's just trash..so in Singapore's context, unless 90% of your traveling time is on the expressways, it's useless..and our expressways' speed limits are between 80-90km/h and sometimes it gets jammed up..so in Singapore spoilers are for aesthetic reasons only..haha..so no point fixing one..

Icemoon SG

Since most spoilers/wings are essentially 'flat', I wonder how it creates the high/low pressure difference to generate a downforce?

And how do they work on a hatchback? The wind cannot flow below the spoiler, so how is the downforce generated?

Icemoon SG

I have a question.

If the murcie were to add a spoiler or wing behind, won't the rear view be more blocked?? Shocked

the Bear SG

it does not need to flow "below the wing" for hatchbacks as the whole car essentially "becomes a wing"

and for that guy who was saying something about races.. think about what you have just said and what i wrote Laughing

the monaco F1 requires a very high downforce setting because.. essentially, it's all corners and turns, without a substantial straight..

hockenheim used to have one of the longest straights around and the used to set the car with very minimal downforce..

and if you want to drive around in singapore, where 90 is the speed limit, all the spoiler does is to increase your FC..

ditzy SG

When you're going at 200km/h, I reckon there's nothing important to bother looking at behind you. Laughing

HolySniper SG

Laughing

tonyong SG

haha… spoiler does look nice… and for those hu like to go into m’sia and travel faster than 100km/h… think there is diff…. for my car the boot design does cause some downforce when goin at high speed… so don really need spoiler…

alleggerita SG

Haha..to answer a question, have you ever observe the shape of an airplane wing? It's curved at the top and flat at the bottom..and if you look closely at most of the spoilers on cars, it's just like an upside down wing..so it's flat at the top and curved at the bottom..lol..

alleggerita SG

Haha..don't worry, your question will soon be answered..Haha..Lamborghini will be coming up with another "new" Murcielago LP640 soon..no engine upgrades, just aerodynamics upgrades..not even weight reduction..some people thought Lamborghini was going to create a Murcielago LP640 "SuperLeggera" with lots of weight reduction but Lamborghini deniedthat..haha..they say they are creating a new LP640 with more downforce and owners can specify a HUGE carbonfibre wing at the back to generate even MORE downforce..lol..

So once these spoilers-equipped "new" Murcielago LP640s are out, you can start asking the owners whether the wings hinder their view to the back..LOL.. Laughing

bo liao SG

Spoiler look lik tis >>>> \__________/ up side down.
GT wing look lik tis >>> ___l___l___ also up side down....

rojak12 SG

The purpose of high downforce setting can be used to REDUCE the stress on the brake pads, especially on a track with SLOW corners (high speed straight, HARD braking to get into corner) - guess you learn something new here.

Obviously you never try braking at 200+km/hr to get into a corner at 80Km/hr and repeat that with and without the spoiler. Have you?

Btw, have u track before? Don't just generalise the purpose of high downforce setting.

Anyway, most of your posting are just crap. So I need to slap.

rojak12 SG

haha1...why the added drag is no good for straight ? how much added is no good? Or no spoiler is the best?

haha2..., corner at 120, you will need the downforce? Why 120? What type of corner? What type of downforce?

Just rubbish!!!

tomsss SG

i ever tried going 120 at the corner exit to CTE from AYE in a saloon car.. scary sia Laughing

xXhuskyXx SG

Hahas…whats next? the SLE exiting to Kranji that corner…?

SBS9828X SG

even without spoilers u think driver can see easily? Laughing

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