Well how fast are you going? Wings will mainly help on with down force in the straight line most drifting cars that have wings are for mostly show, but some are functional like when you are drifting at 60+MPH. I know ARC supposedly makes a really good wing.

 

hmmm. i kinda doubt that addidng a wing is going to improve your drifts.

 

that's why i'm asking, i said i think it may be a technique and tire issue but i was just wondering what is the best functional wing

 

i think u just need to practice your control better. Turn the wheel sooner and dont be turning too much always does it for me. I dont think any wing would help, they only create downforce at high speeds. I think its better to have good control over it than having a piece of alum or CF restricting you. yo where in VA do u live?

 

about 30 minutes away from Bristol
u?

 

HOW ABOUT............NONE

 

i just found out that the the late model oem wing from the 180sx is functional. i just saw the hashiriya video and they did an interview with drifter X and with latest car with a late model oem wing and said that it keeps his rear stable.

 

go with.......NONE

 

yep that none spoiler is really functional

 

an avant garde spoiler from autoimaging.com

 

yep that none spoiler is really functional

As functional in a drift as any other spoiler... probably better to focus your attention on suspension.

 

yeah cam!

 

ok well i can see nobody actually understands the question so i guess i'll just forget about this post...
WHAT'S THE BEST FUNCTIONAL SPOILER?
Answer: Do suspension

Like saying., What kind of car do you drive?
Answer: Tomato Soup

 

something like this:

might actually be functional. i stumbled upon it (on the SCC website) while looking for something with google awhile back (i forget what). it might actually provide too much downforce at certain times, as rally is different than drift. it probably costs a lot too. just an idea though. at this point i really dont think you should be worrying about which wing is best for drift though, as you dont really need one. id focus on becoming a good drifter first.

 

i understood, an avant garde spoiler from autoimaging.com!

 

thanks for that, i will check out autoimaging, i didn't see your post until i went back through...thanks...

 

no prob, and boro i'm not sure about that rally car wing, lol

 

it looks like they havent put avant garde on the site yet. they advertise it in mags a lot though. sorry. there should be a lot of other nice wings from good companies there so just look around a little.

 

no prob, and boro i'm not sure about that rally car wing, lol

"So a decade from now, when you see a pimply faced Kentucky boy gluing a segmented rear wing to the rear hatch of his tired old RSX, you can tell him that idea first appeared at the 2003 Rally Monte Carlo. That was the first race for Subaru's updated aero package, which in addition to the new-generation Impreza nose, includes a rear wing with four vertical slats sticking through it. The design was such a good idea that three races later, in New Zealand, every one of the top cars had a similar wing.

The slats, you can explain, are there to improve high-speed stability by maintaining downforce when driving sideways, and by using the wind to help push the tail back behind the nose.

As the wing pushes through the air, the air following the top surface of the wing gets flung upward. Newton says the air's job, when being pushed up, is to push back down on the wing. On the bottom surface, the opposite happens; with the wing surface suddenly pulling up, air is sucked up to take its place, and when that happens, the air pulls back down on the wing.

Slide into a corner at a 30-degree angle, though, and two things happen. First, the wing is effectively narrower to the air approaching it. Second, the cross section of the wing, carefully designed in the wind tunnel for optimal downforce, gets elongated, taking some of the violence out of the air's journey upward.

Violence is everything when you're dealing with air, so the no-longer optimal cross section of the wing means less downforce.

The slats force the air to straighten out and go across the wing as the team aerodynamicist intended. All the air slamming into the side of those four slats, plus the two end plates, also work to straighten the car out, much like the vertical stabilizer on an airplane.

If he's still standing there, don't expect Kentucky boy to believe you. The wing, he'll slowly and carefully explain, since obviously you don't know much about cars, is there for the ladies."
-Dave Coleman

 

its good for rally for sure, but drifting im not so sure. on another note, thats really cool how it works.

 

I don't know if Rally driver's call it drifting or not, but it looks similar when they slide around a U-turn for example. I think the rally spoiler will be helpful, but I'm pretty sure that is only true if you are going higher speeds.

For Drifting: I would recommend the Rally spoiler because it is designed to create loads of downforce in turns, etc. Then again, I've never seen one for sale... Those GT wings should work fine though.

Also, DLS is right, a spoiler will only help downforce at around 60+ mph.

Please correct me if I'm wrong
Johann

 

For Drifting: I would recommend the Rally spoiler because it is designed to create loads of downforce in turns, etc. Then again, I've never seen one for sale... Those GT wings should work fine though.

Too much downforce is bad for you

 

Too much downforce is bad for you

it depends on when you get the downforce.

 

Originally posted by boro240
it depends on when you get the downforce.

heh, and don't forget where you get the downforce

 

Too much downforce is bad for you

True, for drifting anyways. I didn't think about that.

Thanks for correcting,
Johann