quote:Originally posted by Alex Joey:
Would be very interested in viewing the test results.
Adhesives soften & weaken with increased temperatures.
A hot summer's day, hot engine compartment temperatures transferring that accelerated heat to the rear deck lid's metal & the adhesive being softened/weakened by those combined contributing factors.
I wonder if any modern day rear wings are applied with 2 sided tape from the factory that are high speed tested at 140mph+++
Since the weight distribution from the factory is 41/59, the best improvements are down force on the front-end.
Alex Joey,
It was not my intention to scuttle the laugh because it does sound ridicules---two sided tape???? I agree.
This was discovered by accident in 1982 when I wanted to photograph and test the wing on my first twin turbo car but did not want to drill the deck at that point. We had permission to run some high speed tests to see how the engine would hold up and I thought "if the wing comes off---OOOPS---no big deal". It was installed about a week before the track time and there were some 175 speeds hit. The wing did hold the unlatched deck down and did not come off. When I got the car back to my shop needed to remove it for paint and to my dismay, it broke the internal boding lip on the right side. I had to use a piano wire to cut the tape from the wing on both sides. After that, I advertised the wings giving the customers the option to tape or drill.
That wing has been gone since maybe 87 although I did make one for a customer 2 years ago---they are labor intense and expensive to build.
Wish I could use two sided tape to keep my 14 year old grandson's lips closed some times.
Sorry for stepping on your laugh---just needed to set the record straight.
