Dats one trippin spoiler yall

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It gives it downforce in the turns.


HAHAHAHHAHHAAH

Nay, more like centripetal force in turns which causes it to flip on its side every time

[Airbus_A320]

What exactly is a spoiler supposed to do for a car? If it does the same, as in an aircraft wing, that would make your care less efficient.

Sometimes at school I see kids who have these like 1990's used Civics or whatever and added a spoiler to the things in the back and some sort of funny looking hubcaps. Those cars look so tacky, what a waste of money.

[avro_arrow_25206]

spoilers are absolutely useless in civilian cars. They are there merely as a show-off.

But in race cars, they sort of act as an "anti-wing" of sorts. There is low pressure on the top, and high pressure on the bottom, so that it creates a force pushing downwards, so that the racecar sticks to the road during turns

[AEagle40]

What exactly is a spoiler supposed to do for a car? If it does the same, as in an aircraft wing, that would make your care less efficient.

Sometimes at school I see kids who have these like 1990's used Civics or whatever and added a spoiler to the things in the back and some sort of funny looking hubcaps. Those cars look so tacky, what a waste of money.

True, decent sports cars require the use of a spoiler. These REAR WHEEL DRIVE sports cars use a spoiler to increase downforce on the wheels that are litteraly driving the car. In the case of front-wheel drive Civics and the like, the weight of the engine block is pushing down on the drive wheels, so a spoiler is unnecessary. People watch "The Fast and the Furious" too many times and think that spoilers magically add horsepower or increase torque or something. Spoilers only work on cars with the rear wheels being driven or with all wheel drive cars. (IE the big wing on the WRC Impreza WRX) Several supercars, like the McLaren F-1 and Saleen S-7, don't require the use of a spoiler because they use an air venting system which creates a vaccum between the car and the road to hold the drive wheels down and keep the car stable at high speeds. I believe that Car And Driver recently had an article about the S-7 and said something along the lines that it could drive on an inverted surface at full speed and not fall off. Sort of like a real life Men In Black scene in the tunnel going to Queens. Hope that helps clear some stuff up.

[Airbus_A320]

True, decent sports cars require the use of a spoiler. These REAR WHEEL DRIVE sports cars use a spoiler to increase downforce on the wheels that are litteraly driving the car. In the case of front-wheel drive Civics and the like, the weight of the engine block is pushing down on the drive wheels, so a spoiler is unnecessary. People watch "The Fast and the Furious" too many times and think that spoilers magically add horsepower or increase torque or something. Spoilers only work on cars with the rear wheels being driven or with all wheel drive cars. (IE the big wing on the WRC Impreza WRX) Several supercars, like the McLaren F-1 and Saleen S-7, don't require the use of a spoiler because they use an air venting system which creates a vaccum between the car and the road to hold the drive wheels down and keep the car stable at high speeds. I believe that Car And Driver recently had an article about the S-7 and said something along the lines that it could drive on an inverted surface at full speed and not fall off. Sort of like a real life Men In Black scene in the tunnel going to Queens. Hope that helps clear some stuff up.

Yea, although I wasn't really sure how spoilers on cars worked, what I really didn't see the point of was adding spoilers to cars such as the civics. Which you explained isn't really necessary; and it looks tacky too IMO.
But IMO the spoilers that actually come with the cars that need them look good because they are supposed to be there.

Thanks for explaining

[AEagle40]

Yea, although I wasn't really sure how spoilers on cars worked, what I really didn't see the point of was adding spoilers to cars such as the civics. Which you explained isn't really necessary; and it looks tacky too IMO.
But IMO the spoilers that actually come with the cars that need them look good because they are supposed to be there.

Thanks for explaining

Yeah, front wheel drive only cars with spoilers are stupid. Well, their owners are stupid for putting them on. Just doing my part to help try rid the world of ricers.