Ryan G splitter

[M-technik-3]

Nando how about some new seals and try that for a bit?

[nando]

not worth the money. depos are just garbage.

[Schniddy]

ALERT noob question ALERT

what exacly do splitters do for the car anyways? other than for looks that is.

[///M Powered]

downforce

[Schniddy]

would it really make that much of a difference...

isnt like... u want to stop air from going under the car, for less downforce. how would a thin piece of plastic do anything? just wondering

that remindes me tho... i used to read Super Street when i was a ricer, now that i look back they magazine sucked balls but they had a couple good articles on aerodynamics and what not. and the chicks in there are pretty hot. sry to get of topic tho.

[Erick]

would it really make that much of a difference...

isnt like... u want to stop air from going under the car, for less downforce. how would a thin piece of plastic do anything? just wondering

that remindes me tho... i used to read Super Street when i was a ricer, now that i look back they magazine sucked balls but they had a couple good articles on aerodynamics and what not. and the chicks in there are pretty hot. sry to get of topic tho.

Yes it does make that much of a difference. You don't want air going under the car because that air pushes the car upwards and generates instability.... that piece of plastic prevents a LOT of air from going under the car, and therefore downforce is generated, giving the car more stability at high speeds.

[KenC]

Does anybody have that picture of the sideview of a splitter with all of the circular arrows drawn in to show the air movement and how a splitter actually works?

[nando]

yeah you can feel it start to suck the front end down at about 80. I haven't really been much faster than that though.

[Erick]

have you reinforced the iS lip to the valence?

[nando]

naw.. my clips are all new. I haven't hit the spoiler on anything so I'm not especially worried about it.

[Erick]

sounds good. I was just wondering if the downforce provided by the splitter wasnt too much.... enough to put enough strain in the clips to break them eventually.

[M3 Ryan]

They rip off pretty easily if you don't reinforce them... you need to run a few of the self-tapping screws into the lip for more support.
It makes a huge difference on M3's, and a signicant difference on E30's.

[Erick]

and as far as I can recall you did include that piece of hardware with your splitter right?

or was it only to attach the splitter to the iS lip?

[Digitalwave]

[Erick]

Damn, that failed attempt of an e30 drawing is tucking 19s

It delivers the message tho.... nice drawing. :)