I finally decided to put a wing on my car for Big Willow. I have been looking at cheap carbon wings on ebay. They look similiar to the APR wings but I'm not sure if the mounts are strong enough to keep the wing from flying off the car at 120+mph.

Are these wings just for show or will I actually see a benefit on the car?

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/JDM-DRIFT-C...29711QQtcZphoto

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/CARBON-SPOI...17660QQtcZphoto

 

those links are dead. i'd just get one of the aluminum APR wings over some no-name carbon one. I'd be putting it on a spare track-only trunk-lid any way I went about it though so looks wouldn't be a factor. If you're open to an aluminum one, I'd just buy this guy's. I'm not to the point yet where I need a wing, but it's so cheap I almost bought it with intentions of letting it sit around til I was ready for it. Still may actually.

https://www.s2ki.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=571271

 

i'm curious is the seibon carbon fiber wings provide benefit...

 

I've been using wings for a few years now and the first thing I instantly learned when using a wing on track, is something is better than nothing. First of all, you have to evaluate whether you actually need one or not. If you've determined you actually need a wing, I'm willing to bet nearly anything that even a knock-off fiberglass wing will make a difference.

In my case, I tried experimenting with wings 4-5 years ago. I bought a random $164 GT wing from Ebay, put literally no thought into the size/height/weight beforehand, bolted it on the car and instantly dropped over a second on my 1.5mile home track. The car felt better in corners with speeds above 80mph, the objective data showed improvements and so did the lap times. Since then some cars have only seen a few tenths difference, some are a second or more.. like I said, it depends how much you need it, and IF you need it.

Will a $3,400 dry carbon ASM wing perform 34 times better than a $100 knock-off GT wing? I can't say. I say go for it and see. APR is a good solution.. they're reasonably priced and you can usually find them used for cheap.

 

I have to run top down, any benefit with a wing there? I've seen the fluid model and it doesn't look that useful.

 

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAP...:MEWA:IT&ih=019

 

Top down will slow you down.. Go for the APR GTC-200.... Check out this thread and you will see the benefits.

APR GTC-200