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Functional spoilers for the strip?

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Old Jan 29, 2003 | 06:57 PM
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Functional spoilers for the strip?

Is there anything remotly useful out there?

I dont want to drop the car- hurts launches and then it sucks to drive it on the street.

At 110-120 i get some wickid lift on the rear end though

I might bark into 2nd-
but i'm more concerned about how light it gets in the rear safety wise-

i'm a safety freak.

all the wieght reduction (spare, rear seats! sub, lighter corbea seats and some other minor things in the rear) isn't helping anything either
Old Jan 29, 2003 | 07:18 PM
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Mine works well at 150+ on the highway but that is with a 2 1/2 " drop and radials all around.
Are you running skinnies at the track???
Old Jan 29, 2003 | 09:17 PM
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Mine works well at 150+ on the highway but that is with a 2 1/2 " drop and radials all around.
Are you running skinnies at the track???
in time
not right now
Old Jan 29, 2003 | 11:36 PM
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have you done your suspension to compensate the weight loss?
Old Jan 30, 2003 | 12:03 AM
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I'm surprised you're seeing back end lift at speeds as low as 110-12omph. I know George Baxter ran 155MPH trap speeds with no problems in his 30th SS... maybe the convertible is better in that respect, or maybe the SS spoiler is better. He has opted for a custom rear spoiler for trap speeds approaching 165mph.......

155MPH setup

165MPH version
Old Jan 30, 2003 | 12:19 AM
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Very nice spoiler,large surface and not too much downforce,right??
Old Jan 30, 2003 | 12:21 AM
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i'm suprised too

my friend was telling me the rear was like coasting at 120 or so

no suspension to compensate weight loss, not that big a deal anyway

stock suspension

it is 8 yr old
Old Jan 30, 2003 | 12:24 AM
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The spoiler is designed to meet the requirements of the PRO/Edelbrock Extreme Street class.... which I believe limits the length of the spoiler to 13". If you look carefully at the supprt struts coming up off the body (not the 'chute mount), you will see that they are adjustable, so the downforce can be adjusted.
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