You mean the little wingy things on comercial air liners, dont think they will help until we get above 200mphSatredL said:Does anyone think a vortex generator would work on the RL, why/why not ?
I know what you're talking about, I think there some other car out there too, maybe it is just the Evo, you're talking about those little fins on the back of the roof, right?SatredL said:I'm sorry, I meant like on the Mitsu EVO MR. It's like a row of little wind dividers that ceate downforce on the rear wing.
Sarcasm always echos truth!MotorMouth said:Sorry, I thought you were talking about those things that people put in the intake. Guess my crude attempt at a joke posted above was closer to what you were looking for.
Sp00ner said:Sarcasm always echos truth!
Provided that the downforce calculation was done right on that rear wing it would work, but the design of vortex generators would have to be pretty exact to make any difference. They may have calculated the rear wing angle to give optimal force...but I doubt it. I think most of the time the ancle is visual more than anything else. Remember: Too much downforce=bad thing. Also, this is only going to help at very high speed. Also note that the MR is AWD, so rear downforce helps it apply power.SatredL said:I'm sorry, I meant like on the Mitsu EVO MR. It's like a row of little wind dividers that create downforce on the rear wing. There by keeping your rear tires better planted on the ground.
I read a test where in a Bike mag where they said they finally broke down and tested some of those. They best ones didn't do anything and the worst robbed close to %8hp! You could tell by reading the article that they had a really hard time writing it and sounding even a little unbiased. It was actually pretty funny!MotorMouth said:Sorry, I thought you were talking about those things that people put in the intake. Guess my crude attempt at a joke posted above was closer to what you were looking for.
You have to watch too that there is the power there to generate enough spark. I worked with a guy that had a beauty of a Camaro with a twin charge on it. He put in those "Splitfire" or whatever (It was the new thing at the time) and there was so much air going in it would blow out the spark. This is his word, not mine, but if you saw the car you would believe him.XeroState said:I've used the Bosch Platinum +4 plugs in my old car (woot, cavi..lol) and noticed it ran cleaner and seemed to start better and give better gas mileage. I did not notice any real power difference, granted it was a cavi. For me, they weren't really worth it, but that car was at the end of its life so ya never know, maybe some of these "power" ones will increase our hp..who knows.
I've read alot of information and misinformation on those things. I ran them in my 500+ horsepower TransAm, and they worked great. I wouldn't say that they gave me horsepower, I would have never noticed it anyway. As soon as I took it into the guy that built it, and he chewed me out! Told me that it would scorch/burn the tops of the pistons by using those plugs. Then the guy at Pep Boys told me it would cost me horsepower, and finally I was told by a guy I used to hang and watch the races with, that they were worth 2hp per cyl and that's a tested fact boy!campbell said:You have to watch too that there is the power there to generate enough spark. I worked with a guy that had a beauty of a Camaro with a twin charge on it. He put in those "Splitfire" or whatever (It was the new thing at the time) and there was so much air going in it would blow out the spark. This is his word, not mine, but if you saw the car you would believe him.
Not sure our cars push that kind of air but something that has been in the back of my head ever since.
Yea, with my cavi, I never really had to worry about that problem (woot for stocker) but I wonder if they would make any difference in the RL. Personally I don't want to spend the moeny to find out as my car is 1.2 months (yes, I am a math/computer nerd. The real number is around 1.1986 months, lets leave it at that) and won't be needing plugs for some time....hopefully.campbell said:You have to watch too that there is the power there to generate enough spark. I worked with a guy that had a beauty of a Camaro with a twin charge on it. He put in those "Splitfire" or whatever (It was the new thing at the time) and there was so much air going in it would blow out the spark. This is his word, not mine, but if you saw the car you would believe him.
Not sure our cars push that kind of air but something that has been in the back of my head ever since.