[DeTomaso] Who makes a replacement De lta wing for a GT5/GT5-S?

[Charles McCall]

I've never seen anything more scientific than the Swedish Experiment.
I did find it funny that I have period articles testing the 5S at high
speed. Two different article with two different allegedly professional
race drivers had two polar opposite views. One felt it made zero
difference other than increased drag, while the other felt the car was
much more planted and stable at speed.

so much for the expert opinion..

On 6/1/09, Peter Havlik <phavlik at pris.ca> wrote:
> The reason the wing would fail in the middle is because there is a
> seam there between the two sheets of aluminum. They are not bonded
> together in any way. There is only the thin layer of fiberglass that
> spans the gap underneath, and the body filler above.
>
> I thought some tests had been done on the wing that showed it is not
> high enough to be in clean airflow and, therefore, contributed only
> drag? The Swedish guys did some tuft airflow testing and I wonder
> what that showed about the efficacy of the wing.
> http://www.detomaso.nu/bilder/tufttesting/
>
> Goran Malmberg certainly had sufficient doubts to the point where he
> extended his struts and relocated his wing higher.
> http://hem.passagen.se/hemipanter/
>
> Is there some definitive, final word on this somewhere? I would love
> to see any actual proper aerodynamic testing that may have been done
> specifically on the factory wing.
>
> - Peter
>
> At 09:54 AM 6/1/2009, MikeLDrew at aol.com wrote:
>>Another thing to consider about the factory wings:
>>
>>They do function aerodynamically, and produce measurable downforce
>>at elevated speeds.  I've seen photos of European wings that
>>literally split in half in the center, because at triple-digit
>>speeds, airflow stressed them until they failed in the center.
>>
>>Factory wings--just say no!
>>
>>Mike
>>
>>
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