The message to which you are about to reply is shown first. GO TO REPLY FORM



 VIEW    REPLY TO THIS MESSAGE Replies to this message will be emailed.    PRINT   SAVE 

Moot point 200

posted by  hobbit on  Tue Mar 19 05:39 CST 2002
Author: [PROFILE] [EVERY POST] [THREADS] [BEST POSTS] RSS Feed     [IGNORE ALL POSTS] [RELATED]

Standard rear spoilers start to provide meaningful down force in the 120+ MPH area. The majority of 240's can not achieve the speeds necessary to take advantage of the rear spoiler oparating range. Unless you plan to use one of those 4 foot "box kite" wings they use on the dirt track racers, or drive at felonious speeds, you won't even know it is there, except for the gas milage hit.
The vast majority of spoilers you see on cars are, in fact, useless.
Turbo 911's, Mustang Cobra SVT, Corvette ZR1, AMG Hammer, M5, NASCAR, F1, CART: are cars that can go 160 MPH with ease, That is what spoilers were made for.
All a spoiler will do for most, (99.99999....%), cars is provide a little drag.
Buy a set of sway bars instead, that will be money spent you will notice.

Steve M.
Billerica MA






USERNAME
Use "claim to be" below if you don't want to log in.
PASSWORD
I don't have an account. Sign me up.
CLAIM TO BE
Use only if you don't want to login (post anonymously).
ENTER CAPTCHA CODE
This is required for posting anonymously.
OPTIONS notify by email
Available only to user accounts.
SUBJECT
MODEL/YEAR
MESSAGE

DICTIONARY
LABEL(S) +
IMAGE URL *
[IMAGE LIBRARY (UPLOAD/SELECT)]

* = Field is optional.

+ = Enter space delimited labels for this post. An example entry: 240 muffler


©Jarrod Stenberg 1997-2022. All material except where indicated.


All participants agree to these terms.

Brickboard.com is not affiliated with nor sponsored by AB Volvo, Volvo Car Corporation, Volvo Cars of North America, Inc. or Ford Motor Company. Brickboard.com is a Volvo owner/enthusiast site, similar to a club, and does not intend to pose as an official Volvo site. The official Volvo site can be found here.