Ok so i know there are countless threads on ppl asking if GT wings are effective or just a track-boy symbol. I've searched a bit on the topic, but what ends up happening is ppl start speculating, theorizing, and guessing about th effectiveness of the wing without any actual data.

I'm asking a simple question, so please limit responses to educated answers: Has anyone ever done a side-by-side comparison of their car with and without a wing on a track? What i'm looking for is someone who can claim that they have gotten consistently faster times after adding only a GT wing...

Reason i'm asking is because I have a voltex type III wing that I am going to install...however i'm not sure I want to put it on if it possibly wont' do anything. I like the clean look of my car right now, and don't want to add a wing unless I will benefit from it.

Thanks for looking

 

your car wil be better in the corners and slower down the straightaways.

 

I believe that's a given.

 

A wing will help at Tracks like BIG WILLIOW. SOW, not as much.

 

Rob (Maxrev) did some comparisons in his EARLY blogs...
Umm after searching, looks like he took those down. But here's Tim's (Stinkytofu) on before and after borrowing Rob's wing at a race.

http://www.maxrev.net/index.php?location=r...etimeattack.htm

I can tell you after driving up to Idyllwild, I can tell the difference in regards to rear end stability. With the 12k springs on the street, the rear end gets a bit wild on the bumpy roads but with the wing I can see a noticeable difference. I also noticed a difference in overall stability at speeds above 100 mph...

 

chad

wait so what am I looking for in that link? lol

i honestly didn't notice any difference after I put my voltex wing on the first time...that's why i'm kinda hesitant to put it back on. I'd like to see improved times as proof that it does something because everyone so far is basing it on feeling. Granted, that's probably the only easy way to gauge it, but i think alot of ppl are just thinking that they're "feeling" a difference because they already put it in their minds that it's working. Or they just spent a bundle of money on a GT wing so they subconsciously "feel" a non-existent difference just to ease their conscience

 

hehe I was talking about the part where Tim borrowed Rob's wing. But there were some other changes so hard to say which made the difference. I did remember in one of the older blog entries, Rob mentioned not bringing his wing to the track and he had the slower lap times noted.

I know what you mean about feel but going around some of the higher speed turns that in the past I had to counter steer and now can take flat out, is good enough for me

 

Actually, I changed my mind... The wing doesn't work. Sell the wing hahaha

 

Lol i was wondering why you were trying to convince me that it worked

 

I know I don't get much track time but I can absolutely tell when my wing is and isn't there. I've done a lot of weight loss and the downforce is almost a safety requirement at speed.