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Black magic Mk5 GTI track car
fuscobal:
--- Quote from: the bruce on January 12, 2013, 09:17:37 pm ---Any news already?
I'm currently about to read this book - maybe it's somthing for you as well:
http://www.bentleypublishers.com/automotive-reference/engineering-and-motorsports/race-car-aerodynamics.html
You might also get some inspiration from in this:
http://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/index.php/topic,59674.msg669054.html#msg669054
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I am reading this one > http://www.amazon.co.uk/Competition-Car-Aerodynamics-2nd-Edition/dp/0857330071/ref=dp_ob_image_bk/280-1641191-4755738 made by the same guy that designed my wing !
the bruce:
Most probably it will be my next one. :happy2: It'd be my third about aerodynamics.
This my very first:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Aerodynamik-Automobils-Str%C3%B6mungsmechanik-W%C3%A4rmetechnik-Fahrdynamik/dp/3528039590/ref=sr_1_3?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1358044300&sr=1-3
Reading more than 1000 pages of true academic stuff has been a hard task two years ago. :stupid:
But next I have to read this one (already have it here, but didn't have the time already):
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Competition-Car-Suspension-Practical-Handbook/dp/1844253287/ref=pd_sim_b_1
Still love these two, they have been easy to read:
http://www.amazon.de/Fahrdynamik-Perfektion-Der-optimalen-Fahrwerk-Setup/dp/3613032546/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1351427772&sr=8-1
http://www.autocourse.com/products/driving-on-the-edge/
Much more practical !!
Nice to see you do some brain work before installation of the wing. :happy2: :happy2: :happy2:
2 kg of the crappy stock spoiler is lots for a piece of plastic without real benefit.
Removing it isn't any loss. I even bet it increases both lift + drag compared to
standard Golfs. :fighting:
You're right, 5° to 12° seem very practical and you need to avoid stall safely.
BTW, you're going to have the first GTI with true downforce on this forum. :wink:
:drinking:
bojann.:
love everything about car, really nice
RedRobin:
^^^^
Although it's not what I plan for my own GTI, all this info discussed and linked in this thread is extremely interesting :happy2:
fuscobal:
Thanks guys, I'm trying my best to do some brain work before fitting parts to my car for track use. Knowing it is now a track-only car it will get even more hardcore but the limit will be my budget. Maybe after the wing I'll replace the bonnet with a custom carbon one wich is half the weight and will have the 2 large vents on the front that Scirocco cup has. Some other aerodynamic bits will follow (lower side-skirts and a little rear diffuser) but will probably never afford a sequential gearbox to solve my shifting problems (I'm probably loosing 2-3 secs/lap at Hring with my slow shifting). Well, we'll see...
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