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

[JDeRyke at aol.com]

In a message dated 6/1/09 11:55:07 AM, charlesmccall at gmail.com writes:

> 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.
> 
There was a published road test in England on a bewinged Pantera back in 
the early   '90s(?). It showed a slightly lower lap time around Brooklands (I 
think) road course with a factory wing. This indicated to the drivers the 
wing was doing 'something'- perhaps modifying the trailing airflow. 

About the same period, a top-end test was done by one of the big U.S 
magazines on a Countach and a Ferrari for 'world's fastest street-legal sports 
car'. Without the wing (removed by on-site Lambo technicians), the Lambo gained 
about10 mph but used 2-1/2 lanes of a high-speed banked circuit, leaving 
black marks on the pavement as the rear end lifted nearly off the ground at 
180 mph. They used two test drivers and both said 'once was more than enough! 
Never again in a non-winged Countach!' With the wing, that car was planted 
and stable but 6 mph slower than the unwinged Ferrari. 
Dunno if DeTomaso ever checked the wing mounting angle when he (reportedly) 
sold the wings for GT-5 and GT5-S cars for $5000 USD. With a small 
checkered cloth on top, it makes a nice picnic table, too..... FWIW- J Deryke



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