Why a rear wing on a front-wheel drive?

f0r5aK3n

okay.... it really doesn't make sense but it's soo common....

c_brain

it's riceboy mentality to place them humungous rear wing spoilers on front-wheel drive cars.

slickmugen_13

hhhm....siguro it wouldn't hurt to add up style sa FWD vehicle mo by addigin a spoiler. Pero adding a very humongous Wing that has minimal effects sa FWD vehicle will look like a TAMIYA toy car....hihihi:D

LoRdOfThEfLiEs

pang porma lang yun...... d naman talaga kailangan nun e kung fron wheel drive lol

f0r5aK3n

Originally posted by 3cylinder
Sa racing kailangan yun pero di dapat ganun kataas....Kalokohan lang yun kung mataas.Nakakita nga ako na Lancer naka Aluminum Wing...ang TAAS halos maabot na niya yung bubong na kotse....

you gotta be kidding me.. kailangan??? yep, if you have a rear wheel drive or an all-wheel drive.. but not if you have a front-wheel drive like a civic or a corolla...

funny thing... I rarely see a corolla tricked out..

c_brain

A rear wing adds stability sa rear ng car. Tehnically it puts much needed downforce which gives better friction/traction between your tires and the road at high speeds. This would make for better cornering sa mga circuit races but totally useless and stupid for a front-wheel drive (fwd) for quarter mile drag racing since straight lang naman yung track.... kung tutuusin dagdag drag lang yan sa pagka-aerodynamic ng mga fwd cars e.

What them fwd riceboys need more is a front wing (ala f1) or front air-dams than a rear wing/spoiler.

rave

Even for rear-wheel-drive cars, I think installing rear wings is useless if not for the porma-factor. There is no way in normal Metro Manila driving that you'll reach the speeds in which the wing would actually be useful.