$6000 Carbon Fiber Spoilers vs Plywood

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1. Nice! Function over form with the vortex fins on low car 😎

   I’d have probably fitted reverse mounted bonnet/hood scoops seeing as you fitted fmic and the scoops are redundant now anyway. They must creat a fair bit of drag. Reverse mounted ones would be more aerodynamic as well as allowing hot air to vent out of the engine bay.

   Just my 2p though. Love how these are turning out

2. 6:51

   Arr arr arr 😂

3. What about a mid car?

4. Yo the plywood was genius! Weight will also help.

5. Why use plywood and not plexiglass or Aluminum to make that bottom plate on the front. Cheaper than a sheet of plywood in many cases for the Aluminum

6. would never use wood for spoilers lol

7. the weight of the plywood probably gave that front end just a bit more angle lol

8. One thing to understand for the future is that wind tunnel tests don’t scale down perfectly, even if made to exact specs as full sized functional parts what is placed on a model car isn’t going to represent what happens to full sized cars.

9. God loves you guys!

10. betterer

11. Guys I barely started the video, im going to make a guess how many engines they blow out . My guess 2, or 1

12. Hi car didn’t shave as much time as Low car, but it also started with a ~3 second time advantage. The faster the baseline lap, the less effect all the aero mods will have on the overall time as a percentage of the original time. I mean if Hi car’s original lap time was 1 second (hypothetically), and the aero shaved .1 seconds, that’d be a 10% improvement even though it only shaved .1 seconds off the original time. So the seconds shaved off each car isn’t an ideal comparison unless compared to a percentage reduction, and even then, you’re gonna expect a lower percentage reduction for each mod if you started off with a faster lap time.

13. The angle of attack of the APR wing is wayyyyyy too aggressive. If you go too far (like they have) you start to hurt handling by increasing drag (limit top speed/acceleration), and you start taking weight off the front, causing the car to push more in corners.

    I wouldn't blame the wing for the minor improvement in time, honestly I'm shocked that it gained time with the AoA so far off. At 15:13, you can really see how messed up it is.

    This is why the APR wing appeared "less effective" than the cheapo. Way too much rear downforce, and drag. Likely caused the front end to push more, reducing cornering grip in the front, and limiting acceleration/top speed on the straights. Would be itneresting if you got ahold of simple data loggers to review data (RaceChrono phone app + bluetooth GPS works great) and then you could see exactly where you gained and lost time with aero.

14. the reason the differences or improvements were small is the fact we're taking about small compact, non race cars. rear diffusers, large wings, will only hit their efficiency at minimum 75mph to 100mph and above.

15. I've done cfd on the WRX roof spoiler Vs the vortex generator and for the subbie the stock roof spoiler works best

16. Fun Fact: Both carbon fiber-reinforced plastic and plywood are composite materials. A composite material is a combination of two or more materials designed so the strengths of one will overcome the weaknesses of another.

    With plywood, those differing materials are woodgrain set in alternating directions. In CFRP, the carbon fiber holds the epoxy resin together against tension and shearing forces.

17. LOL, mighty car mods did this ! Americans like to copy!

18. Weight reduction. Down force. Power

19. Can I ask where this clip came from? 2:50 hahahaha one thing I like about low team is the amount of creativity, DIYs, and fabrication they put in

20. 😅😅😅😊😅😊😊😊😊

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