Has anyone tried vertical stabilizers, dorsal fin, like we see on the LMP cars or the old Jaguar D?
I am new to the sport and have done twenty 20-minute HPDE lapping sessions and the basic course at the Jim Russel racing school. I am aware I need to get more seat time and quality coaching before I start thinking about wings and other gizmos. This is more about discussing ideas, not my most logical next step for the car.
My limited experience gives me the following feedback:
-front grip on the car is generally excellent, any instance of understeer is usually easily fixed.
-rear grip is also good, but oversteer situations are less easy to predict and fix.
Adding a big wing will help with rear grip, but without commensurate change to the front end, I might not have such nice predictable handling anymore.
Would adding a dorsal fin instead of a wing yield better predictability for the rear end without changing the front end balance, since the fin does not add downforce at the back?
Your thoughts/experience?
For reference, my car has slight mods and sits 3 inches lower vs stock (lowering springs + shorter tires). Tires are 305-30-19 on all 4 corners, 200 TW. Alignment is zero toe front, 2.2 camber, 7.2 caster, .30 total toe back, 2 camber, zero thrust
Cheers!
Jerome
I am new to the sport and have done twenty 20-minute HPDE lapping sessions and the basic course at the Jim Russel racing school. I am aware I need to get more seat time and quality coaching before I start thinking about wings and other gizmos. This is more about discussing ideas, not my most logical next step for the car.
My limited experience gives me the following feedback:
-front grip on the car is generally excellent, any instance of understeer is usually easily fixed.
-rear grip is also good, but oversteer situations are less easy to predict and fix.
Adding a big wing will help with rear grip, but without commensurate change to the front end, I might not have such nice predictable handling anymore.
Would adding a dorsal fin instead of a wing yield better predictability for the rear end without changing the front end balance, since the fin does not add downforce at the back?
Your thoughts/experience?
For reference, my car has slight mods and sits 3 inches lower vs stock (lowering springs + shorter tires). Tires are 305-30-19 on all 4 corners, 200 TW. Alignment is zero toe front, 2.2 camber, 7.2 caster, .30 total toe back, 2 camber, zero thrust
Cheers!
Jerome