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2-27-2003 @ 05:32:05 PM
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#29, if it helps any, the Rufs he used in previous years didn't have huge wings, but the times weren't as good. In 2000 he had a smaller one (in the same car), and was a second slower (which would've been enough for a win in 2001). In 1999, same car, even smaller wing, almost as fast as in 2001. ASSuming close to identical conditions (I can't be bothered to read the stories again right now), he's probably hit the limit where the extra drag negates any advantage he has in corners (which are high-speed, and there aren't many; IIRC 15 corners in the space of 5.2 miles). Now it's functional, but any bigger and it'll hurt performance even with the power he has. As for the odd-looking vertical supports, I'm ASSuming an off-the-shelf (pun unintended) wing with custom bits to raise it.
I could've posted the link to the story itself, but it wouldn't be polite.:) |
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2-27-2003 @ 05:16:00 PM
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| #28, Porsche makes cars for "normal" driving (and anyway, Ruf != Porsche; Ruf's considered a separate mfr under German law). Even though they are apparently quite useful track tools stock, you need more grip when you're trying to win races. Just looks at Porsche's race cars and the wings. Besides, your argument is faulty in another sense too. Active aerodynamics are a recent addition (more recent than the model (1997 911) CTR2 is based, IIRC), and anyway that small spoiler is meant for normal traffic. You fail to understand that the needs of racing aren't the same as the needs of street driving. Don't be fooled into thinking that any car is suitable for every purpose in stock form, regardless of who the manufacturer is. |
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2-27-2003 @ 04:49:12 PM
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| [Edit: double post thanks to a slow server.] |
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2-27-2003 @ 04:44:08 PM
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| Isn't part of the definition of "rice" "all show and no go", and dubious functionality? To me that looks like Steve Beddor's Ruf CTR 2 that he used to kick everybody's a$$ in the Virginia City Hill Climb in 2001 (check out www.nsxfiles.com -> Pulp Stories -> Chapter 70, for example), for umpteenth time in a row. So it's nor a 911 nor a Porsche, it's not some rich kid's toy (okay, arguable;), but the "kid" is well past teens and has worked for the money), and that wing, however ugly it may be, actually adds needed grip. Sure there's a lot of weight in the rear, but you don't want the rear to break loose in a high-speed corner and end up trying to dent a mountain. Verdict: not rice, but I wouldn't call it pretty. |
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