Thread: spoiler - form follows function?
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Old Sep 16, 2005 | 02:15 PM
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Default Re: spoiler - form follows function?
Originally Posted by Ian
Tell me how fast have you gone? I ran it up to 135 but not sure the spoiler helped at all. I am going to remove the fuse, I would rather it just stay down. The car looks more stylish that way. Just my 2 cents. :-)
Ian,
Good idea! looks over safety. ...just make sure your no where around my area when you decide to try to cheat Physics 101 at 135+ mph...
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Typhoon,

Since you seem to want a detailed answer your going to have to get a hold of a tech/designer etc. to get this info. I think there's a general understanding from these posts that. :

1) Being the Crossfire price is middle of the road for a small sporty coupe = R+D costs must equal function.

2) Given the facts of a deployment speed, general shape of car, other like shaped cars (i.e. Audi TT) that w/o the spoiler had handling issues; the Crossfire spoiler must add some increase in downforce pressure which is enough to operate the car at higher speeds.

Again, yes these answers are general but to my knowledge no one here helped design or build the Crossfire so educated possible guesses are the best your going to get...
 
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