Is It DUMB To Put A Big Wing On Your Car?

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Aero pieces have been being used for aesthetic purposes for a long time. But how do these aero pieces ACTUALLY work? And how do they effect your vehicle in real time, on the street? Maybe more importantly, is aero pointless on a front wheel drive car?! Well button down the hatches, because this one is about to blow your mind!

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0:00 - Hype Intro
1:27 - The Plug
2:04 - Automotive Aerodynamic History
3:10 Inspiration From Flight
4:00 - Spoiler Alert
5:15 - Retrofitting and adapting Air Spoilers
6:02 Modern aerodynamics in motorsport
6:49 - Can a spoiler or wing help FWD?
9:00 - Outro

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[FitmentIndustries]

What do you guys think? Are you going BIG WING, or keeping it more subtle? WHY?!

[SkellerART]

Oh what's that? You're tired of standing? Oh well I bet you wish you never laughed at my park bench now don't ya?

[hoodiedrifts]

It’s your car you wanna put a big wing put a big wing

[dylanorr]

I've got an e36 with the ltw wing and having gotten it to 140 mph twice and seeing how stable and comfortable it was at that speed makes a huge difference. Awesome video going over the history of aerodynamics I like the educational style of it all.

[mf]

One of the biggest reasons I love the pandem rocket bunny is because of that big beautiful dinner tray on the back 😊👌

[schwitz]

someone send this to the dude driving the saturn ion with a wing made from 2x4's we see floating around the internet

[CannonballCC]

The Veloster bit made me smile. - Veloster Turbo owner with a big wing.

[montelturner]

When I was a kid someone told me that spoilers were for preventing the car from doing a wheelie😂😂😂

[cafned]

In the past I thought it was silly to add down force to the back of a FWD car. Then it was explained to me like this: to be fast around a track, a FWD car needs to have plenty of rotation on tap whenever you want in, especially for tight (slow) turns. While plenty of rotation is preferable for low speed turns, it translates to twitchiness at high speeds, exactly when a big old wang is doing its best work and when the driver will be less able to counteract oversteer with more throttle.

[MR.ROBOT...]

I mean I put a big wing my 2010 focus lol, and honestly I can care less what people say. I wanted a big wing and I went and did it 🤣🤣🤣

[shadowVSme]

FWD's : Well then let's mount a spoiler on the front of our car :D

[Ali-comj]

My personal opinion: putting aero that isn't functional and only for looks is litteraly what rice means, it's race inspired but doesn't do jack shit and only for looks, but if you're going for a little stance build and it isn't ment for track then yeah why not, they kinda look good

[TeamOT]

If you disagree, you're wrong. I absolutely need the extra downforce especially for low speed corners like turns 3 and 4. By low speed, I mean 30 kph. And by turns 3 and 4, I mean the two turns I take that lead to the first red light on my commute to work every morning.

[recklessrickey]

For people who say “why put wings on FWD?”

I say “why put splitters and canards on RWD?”

[scottgalbreath]

All depends on the wing/spoiler being added. Some are unfortunately just for cosmetic purposes (cool factor) and sadly just create added drag and others actually aid in downforce, but at a certain speed.

[seanthornton]

Fun fact: 69 Charger Daytona Mule had routinely run laps at the Chrysler Corporation Proving Ground in Chelsea Michigan at 235 miles an hour ultimately taken the mule to laps over 243 miles an hour.

[nope]

Like you said, it's about balance. If you have a large rear spoiler you need one in front too. Never seen anyone put a large front spoiler on a road car though so I'm gonna say that large rear spoilers are still dumb from a performance perspective.

I mean, if someone is just into the look (and doesn't care about ruining their mpg with all that extra drag) then by all means. Just as long as they don't pretend like it's giving them some kind of performance benefit.

[marcos]

Rear wing is form high speed stability, front wing is for cornering speed

[ryanvallee]

Hey hey 8:22 in the video has a Honda car that the owner/racer local to me. Pztuning in waterloo

[Stanced]

As long as you have the performance to back it up