Not Feeling It

[RecycledTeen]

(Original title: "Not Feeling It", applicable to street appearance, but on the track? Now that's a different story...)

Saw this at Cars & Coffee this weekend over in Burlington, NC.

[Jroc]

Pretty sure that's a member here, dafya. It looks great to me, track stance.

[Nate4641]

I love the look of the coupe with a big wing. If they track it, I dont see a problem with it. The wheels aren't my taste, but its not my car.

[Kgolf31]

He is a stupid fast driver and that wing is 100% functional

[a_riddler]

Love it, but I'm biased...

[mpm3]

love that wing ! and great guy plus he actually tracks it !!!!!

[sinbad4]

Normally; I'd pass.. but given it's a track car (sticker in rear quarter), it's cool! I am curious to know the actual impact on the track - the bottom line; does the wing help track time?

[avsbmw]

It is a VIR sticker. VIR has a lot of high speed corners where down force can help tremendously. I think it looks awesome!

[Finnegan]

Love it--if it were visual only I'd say "huh?" but it's functional. I'd really love to get one.

Front splitter plus rear wing are good for 5 mph or more in high-speed corners. Jmillet reported that when instructing in a Pacific Northwest's member z4mnyc . 5 mph out of a corner is multiplied on straights--so its "worth" a lot in terms of lap time. With a bit more tweaking and adjustments, it might be able to exert even more downforce (at the expense of straight-line speed).

[a_riddler]

^ +1, Jim has years of driving experience (not saying your old Jim

[XMetal]

Originally Posted by a_riddler

Love it, but I'm biased...

Love this stance with or without the wing! Do you have a hi-res version?

[beta]

I think coupes with wings look amazing, my favorite wing is the one intgr8r used.

[a_riddler]

and finally...
BECAUSE RACECAR

Here is a link to a hi-res copy
http://s1310.photobucket.com/user/ar...629ca.jpg.html

[intoflatlines]

Are those Bremmer Kraft BR05?

[zubydafa]

hey fellas, that's me. OP, should've said hi...i didn't see any other zed's there so wouldn't have known. did you stick around to see the mustang burnout in front of all the cars as he was leaving

Originally Posted by Kgolf31

He is a stupid fast driver and that wing is 100% functional

it's not everyone's cup of tea. i'll agree with the latter, it is functional. it puts a lot of undue stress on the rear hatch because that's where it's mounted. this car is slowly getting driven less and less on the street, and if that were only track driven i may have gone with a chassis mounted one like the goke - but that doesn't look civil at all.

we have to be careful with adding rear aero. i tracked at summit point a couple weeks back and the wing worked against me because my front splitter had not come in yet. braking suffered slightly and high speed turn in induced some under steer that i wasn't used to. i expected these things, but took these factors into consideration during my sessions and went about 8/10's.

also pictures from the track day will show my car on the straights in a full rear squat and lift in the front. not ideal. i'll report my experience april 15-16 at VIR with the front splitter installed as well for those who are curious.

cheers.

[DRedman45]

I love this car...its supercharged too isn't it

Originally Posted by intoflatlines

Are those Bremmer Kraft BR05?

BBS RGR's

[zubydafa]

Originally Posted by DRedman45

I love this car...its supercharged too isn't it



BBS RGR's

thanks man. it's currently n/a at about 293 whp. getting dyno tuned next saturday in baltimore.

and yup wheels are rgr's. nice and lightweight, but i'll likely get into arc-8's so i can run some 18" r comps later this spring.

[zubydafa]

btw - zpost decal is on the other rear quarter. so if anybody wants to complain about the mods they know where to come and who to blame

[intoflatlines]

Originally Posted by DRedman45

BBS RGR's

I was referring to this car, sorry:

Originally Posted by a_riddler

Love it, but I'm biased...

They look like BR-05, which I had on my last car:

[DRedman45]

that make's more sense haha...they could be, but I think the hub area looks slightly different, maybe vmr's

[Caddyshk]

Where's Dave?

[RecycledTeen]

Originally Posted by zubydafa

hey fellas, that's me. OP, should've said hi...i didn't see any other zed's there so wouldn't have known. did you stick around to see the mustang burnout in front of all the cars as he was leaving

it's not everyone's cup of tea. i'll agree with the latter, it is functional. it puts a lot of undue stress on the rear hatch because that's where it's mounted. this car is slowly getting driven less and less on the street, and if that were only track driven i may have gone with a chassis mounted one like the goke - but that doesn't look civil at all.

we have to be careful with adding rear aero. i tracked at summit point a couple weeks back and the wing worked against me because my front splitter had not come in yet. braking suffered slightly and high speed turn in induced some under steer that i wasn't used to. i expected these things, but took these factors into consideration during my sessions and went about 8/10's.

also pictures from the track day will show my car on the straights in a full rear squat and lift in the front. not ideal. i'll report my experience april 15-16 at VIR with the front splitter installed as well for those who are curious.

cheers.

There he is - thanks for chiming in (plus I knew I'd get these types of reactions)

I was standing by while you were talking to a few other folks there but didn't get to say hi. Next time... (I had the Audi that day; will bring up the roadster one day). And yeah, burnouts like that will only give 5-0 reason to shut these things down, ruining it for the rest of us.

+1 on track use and the stickers were definitely spotted - totally agree. On the street though, I truly love the clean stock lines of the coupe. You have a beauty just the same.