Osnabrueck

It's amazing to look at these numbers, because it gives us insight into the minds of the engineers who put work into designing these things.

The need for lift or downforce is dependent upon the car, and its particulars. It's great that a powerful, light track car like the Carrera GT would have lots of downforce. The same amount of downforce, however, cold be a disaster for a car like the Golf R32 or 335i.

Somebody please correct me if I'm wrong.

Bruce

Glad you like the thread

Sounds right to me

Maxinum downforce on Volkswagen R32 or a BMW 335i as you said wouldn't be correct and i'd simply say because those cars do not require that type of force generated upon the body. In the exotics, like the Carrera GT and Zonda which are vehicles which generate huge power and are capable of over 320 km/h it's obviously very important to have downforce.

donau

Great thread and really interesting information. Bruce, you are turning this forum into an encyclopedia Just kidding....but what is true is that this kind of information really adds a lot of value for all of us. So, thanks again

klier

Very cool thread. I'd love to see the numbers of a Formula One car

Bruce

My brain is an encyclopedia.. I'm a number bod, so you can expect even more of these threads in the future

Glad you like the thread!

Sport Auto has never tested an F1 car before, but maybe i can find some numbers.

Bruce

I've obtained the Porsche 987 Boxster S aerodynamic figures thanks to Stefan (st-anger) at Jabbasworld

Porsche 987 Boxster S: 25kg = 20kg

Bruce

Just updated:

Aston Martin DB9 Coupe: 42kg= 18kg

Matt

I think the cars to look are both the GT3 and the M3 CSL considering their power to lap time ratio. Ok i just made that up but still aerodynamics probably has a lot to do with how well those light cars perform.

Bruce

Ok, just updated:

Jaguar XKR, 2007: 18kg = 22kg

Bruce

Ok i'm just updating a few that were missing,

Renault Megane Trophy Sport Auto Edition 2kg = 15kg