VKZ24 wrote:I know you guys love your car, and have great pride in the whole dangerous homemade technology award quest...but if you took that damn wing off there is no telling how good that car would be. Even with the wing (and now rudder) I had to work to get by you guys. That car is pretty quick, so if it went on a no aircraft parts diet I can just image the difference.
Again, great job out there. All good courteous drivers in your car when I was racing with you.
Of the race leaders, you guys were the only ones we could really match on the straights. 1, 44, and 666 seemed to be able to dust us. Our fast lap time wasn't too much different from Februrary but it did feel like there were fewer cars out there that just flat out had us beat. There wasn't a Superkak or Police Brutality car out there turning in sub minute lap times.
The rudder had absolutely no value (the wing blocks pretty much all the airflow), but I'm curious to run the car at a test n' tune to see what difference the wing makes. It's heavy and draggy, but I think the 3-400lb of force it creates makes it a net plus.
I actually want a bigger wing, pushed a little more forward on the car and maybe canted to favor right hand turns. Since they don't seem to be doing the dangerous homemade technology award, that want for a bigger wing is actually based a bit more on performance than style. Johnny gave me a green light for a wing wider than the car since it will go over the top of everyone elses. Just think... you can race in the shade.
