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Old 08-13-2014, 10:31 AM   #12 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by totopo View Post
Downforce is super duper awesome. The problem is drag. At some point, the benefit in cornering and braking times because of downforce is negated by the loss of high end acceleration on long straights (drag increases exponentially after about 60mph). 330hp is enough to support a decent amount of aero, I think probably plenty enough for off the shelf wing and splitter.

Off track it will just kill your gas mileage
I agree. That's the balance all levels of racing are trying to achieve and most of the time who ever gets it closest to that balance between most down force with the least drag - wins.
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