Cars that get you all hot and bothered

[Evan]

I have to ask, what type of cars were these tried on? Miatas with very little power, or cars that need more traction the ground on high speed sweepers with a lot of power?

There has been a lot of debate on cars with a lot of horsepower on speed on the straightaways compared to stability through sweepers. I know my car gets light at around 130-140 on summit's straightaway, and I get VERY light between turn 9-10 at summit, definitely suggesting the need for both more front and rear downforce. And pretty much 3,4,8,9,10 I need a LOT more downforce and I could pull a lot more speed in and out of those turns.
To me (I am not a mechanical engineer keep in mind), I want to find a balance between stability and speed, just as I would take lessons from many grand touring cars. Yeah it may increase drag, but I do need that extra shit keeping me on the ground. If I actually hit the throttle hard and kept on it till the braking point from 9-10, when I hit that hill, the back end would DEFINITELY come around on me. In a miata, I can see how this would be a much different issue.

Hopefully a simple splitter up front and boxing in the rear end will reduce the lift up front and rear that I wont need anything ugly or insane.

not miatas (and I knew one of you JDM rulezzz!! fuckers would try to play that card ) but regardless, aerodynamics apply to any vehicle, and in fact a higher hp car is going to be harmed much more by poor aero. And I gaur-un-teee that my little miata is carrying more speed through those "high speed sweepers" than that monstrosity.

your assumption is that those canards do anything other than cause drag and turbulence at the front end anyway. You're also assuming that a ton of 'aero' is going to fix those problems that you are talking about. (which to be honest, would more likely be fixed by a more sensitive throttle foot)

Simple things that work and are proven without a windtunnel, like an airdam/splitter as close to the ground as you can get to keep air out from under the car, flatten the bottom of the car, depressurize the cabin, take off the mirrors, diffusing the air coming off the roof and under the car are good ideas.