[s-cars] Belly pan blues (95 S6A)

[Dave Forgie]

I knew somebody would take exception to my "back flip" hyperbole.  My 
point was if you go out and reinvent the wheel without the proper
tools, 
e.g. a wind tunnel, then there could be bad consequences.  Admittedly,

not as extreme as in my example, but nevertheless, added lift can, in
no
 way, be a good thing.

On the Mercedes thing, who do you think said "OH, SH*T!!" first, the 
driver or the engineers?   I think the engineers watching the race live
or 
on TV. They would see what was happening earlier than the poor
 driver who was very likely very confused why there was no road noise 
and the steering suddenly became very light while the rev limiter was 
being hit.

Dave F., P.Eng.

>>> "Taka Mizutani" <t44tqtro at gmail.com> 01/11/07 10:32AM >>>
I think equating a metal belly pan to the back flip action of the Benz
you
mention
is a little bit beyond hyperbole and is overly alarmist.

I agree that the OE belly pan is probably the best solution, esp.
taking
into account
cost.

Taka