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Originally Posted by GT Motoring
Actually many people have different views on GT wing and most cases it will provide good downforce as long as its properly designed and installed. 
But...
You can always get one without the wing.  |
If you want real downforce to be produced the wing's horizontal surface would need to angle up at 20 to 40 degrees. Being flat as it is is doing nothing more than causing drag....and drag diverts available HP. And lets even assume you have some angle there that just isn't evident from the pictures....the horizontal surface doesn't require the huge structure that is the remainder of the entire wing structure. So not only in this assumption of angle would such a large wing produce
some down-pressure, in addition the entire oversized structure is still producing a fair amount of parastic drag that is diverting HP to overcome it...then add in to all that the additional weight the entire wing's structure adds to the cars...
Put up a stock 370Z against a 370Z with that monstrosity and with everything else equal the stock 370Z would win every time. So what is the point of such a design...to just create the impression of being a fast car knowing that "thing" is a big, fat, bloated red-herring while laughing to the bank???