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Old 09-14-2010 | 10:09 PM
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Ya that's why I was asking him if he tracks his car or not
Old 09-14-2010 | 10:25 PM
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Im guessing he just likes to, "Pop tha hood playa'".
Old 09-15-2010 | 01:14 AM
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Are you the guy that got hit with the egg?
I almost peed.
Old 09-15-2010 | 02:49 AM
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Shin, I did track the car, but this summer I was off with my school's Formula SAE team helping get the car, that I spent all year helping construct, to become one of the world's best. That left me penniless for racing my own car. Next season is looking slightly better if I don't go to Europe with them.


I KNOW that the changes I've made will minimally affect any downforce or drag made by it, but it will still change the airflow. I've seen what huge changes made to the diffuser on our formula car only make minute tenths of a percent changes in downforce and drag. Whereas not having the diffuser altogether cause sthe drag and downforce to both reduced by 15-20% and 60-70%. And this is on a 330 pound car that has a 0-60 of less than 4 seconds.

Our RX-8's, like most cars, are kind of wedge shaped with the pointy end first. At lower speeds, this causes a bit of downforce. However at high speeds the car will act like a wing, create some lift and give you that floaty feeling. The air traveling over the top is at a lower pressure than the bottom because it must travel faster. (Try it yourself with a small strip of paper. Hold one end at your bottom lip so you can blow over it. Blow and you'll see the strip of paper rise because the faster moving air is at a lower pressure.)

I can see how what I've done, coupled with the pipey exhaust, could cause some more turbulence since there are not any venturis or even a flat undertray. But, giving the same amount of air more area to occupy and escape cannot create lift if its on the high pressure side. Air cannot curl under, this is because both sides curl towards the dead area right behind the trunk and that the air coming off the top is at a lower pressure than the bottom.

Lol. And no, I didn't get hit with an egg.

"Pop tha hood"?
Old 09-15-2010 | 04:24 AM
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Hope to see you next year at some tracks

And 0-60 in 4 seconds sounds fun :p
Old 09-15-2010 | 09:00 AM
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Originally Posted by Nemesis8
Are you the guy that got hit with the egg?
lol
Old 09-15-2010 | 12:09 PM
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^^2nd that
Old 09-15-2010 | 12:29 PM
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Maybe make a custom diffuser to clean the look up a bit? Lol
Old 09-15-2010 | 01:00 PM
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Is it acceptable to rofl instead?
Old 09-15-2010 | 01:19 PM
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Old 09-15-2010 | 01:34 PM
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Old 09-15-2010 | 02:26 PM
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Maby I am Wangan
that mesh looks horrible lol, no offense.
Old 09-15-2010 | 02:37 PM
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diffrent strokes for diffrent folks
Old 09-15-2010 | 03:05 PM
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...if you want to look like a rolling accident and too broke to repair... hey whatever...you think it's 'in'....but IMHO it reflect poorly on the RX-8 community ... similar to slammed fart can ricers....just worse if that's possible.
Old 09-15-2010 | 03:42 PM
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Wow u must know me that is exactly what happend I was hit and run in a parking lot granted the car is no longer that way affter I saved money for a new bumper. I just dident want to roll around missing parts of my bumper for 2 months dick
Old 09-15-2010 | 03:47 PM
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..confused ...you aren't the OP...what happened to you was a tragedy...what the OP did voluntarily a travesty lol!
Old 09-15-2010 | 03:50 PM
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O my bad. fully agree
Old 09-15-2010 | 04:48 PM
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^ just looked at yours..didn't see the pic before...not so bad really..perhaps paint it black?
Old 09-15-2010 | 05:18 PM
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It started black but the mesh was to large and it looked like nothing was there
Old 09-15-2010 | 05:25 PM
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sorry i'm not in the wangan scene is the OP really what they do out there?
Old 09-15-2010 | 06:00 PM
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We already have plenty of threads all about Dick's. So why are we discussing *****?
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David nice abs. All that down time with no car you must been running to work


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