rear active aero

Mitsubishi GTO,GT3000 that have a rear spoiler like this, with the fat centre section, have "active aero" which increases the angle of attack at speeds above 80kph/50mph

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• Mitsubishi
• GTO
• 3000GT

[TheLuvneet]

i use this to say bye-bye everytime i beat a car in my vr-4, its immature i know, but dont tell me u have never done it.

[ERIC3000GT1]

Well they didn't stop making it because it worked so good. vr4 is king.....

[morri908]

@UltrakupraRebirth Race Inspired Cosmetic Enhancement =RICE..

That's not race inspired.. Bugatti uses an Active Aero system.

It's functional spoiler, there is also a front air dam on the 3k VR4. They increase downforce.. If you know anything about cars, you'd know that downforce is essential for cornering... or staying on the road period.

[chad142]

is that a midget in your trunk making that thing move? lol

[450LTR]

@mack1381 Actually it was the mexicans.lol

[mack1381]

@UltrakupraRebirth Your very much mistaken with the definition of ricer. It doesn't mean that whatever has a big spoiler is a ricer..then we'd call the Plymouth Roadrunner Superbird a ricer. Just for the record, its a functional wing, not something that someone would put in a Civic, much like in your country. Come to think of it, Americans indeed invented "rice".

[UltrakupraRebirth]

@mack1381 that is a much ricer wing

[mack1381]

@groovinallnite exactly my point..it does work, but the numbers are very much minimal to be noticed. I ripped this spoiler off mine and replaced it with the spoiler from the 1999 GTO, the one which looks like it came off an Evo. That is a much nicer wing

[ilian51378]

@groovinallnite For comparison, the Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution VIII produced (47.9lb/9.9lb)@144km/h, and (92.4lb/19.1lb)@200km/h of lift force with the standard carbon fiber wing. Similarly, the Subaru WRX STi GDB revision produced (58.9lb/-38.9lb)@144km/h and (113.5lb/-74.9lb)@200km/h with the standard wing. It should be noted that the EVOVIII did not have the optional vortex generators installed at the rear roof line, while the STi did have the optional rear winshield diffuser.

[ilian51378]

@groovinallnite versus (24.7lb/-24.7lb) engaged. This decrease in lift comes at a very small penalty, as the drag force at 144km/h only increased by 1.3lbs, from 140.7lbs to 142lbs. This was achieved by a decrease in the coefficient of drag (.390 to .389), with only a slight increase in frontal area (2.009m^2 to 2.029m^2).

[ilian51378]

@groovinallnite, A wind tunnel test in the Russian Magazine "AutoReview" has confirmed that the active aero is indeed functional. At speeds of 144km/h, a GTO with the active aero in the standard position has a lift force of (97Newtons front / 196Newtons rear), or (21.8lb/44.1 lb). That same car with the active aero elements engaged produced a lift force of (10.6lb/-10.6lb), for an equivalent zero-lift. At speeds of 200km/h, the change was more drastic with (50.8lb/102.5lb) disengaged