nice dig

[Scott Hinckley]

At 12:35 PM 1/23/2004, Jonathan Monetti wrote:
> >I get to wondering about what these freaking wings do to a ricers' 
> handling.  When I see a tiny Civic si with a surfboard-sized wing on the 
> rear deck, it gets me to thinking about the laws of physics...what do a 
> few >hundred pounds of downforce *do* when applied to the *rear* of a 
> tiny FWD tin can, often with bouncy, cut stock springs and ultra low 
> profile skins with 5 inch spacers?? :)

I gotta believe most of these aren't even working at speed. Maybe they just 
flex or something.
I weigh a couple of hundred pounds, and many of the ones I have seen would 
go right through the trunk lid if I put my full weight on them.

Scott