Competition Car Downforce : A Practical Handbook

by McBeath, Simon

• ISBN13: 9781859606629
• ISBN10: 1859606628
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2000-11-01
• Publisher: Motorbooks Intl

Summary

If you're looking to improve the performance and handling of your car, you can with this highly readable and well-illustrated guide to all the main aspects of downforce devices. Chock full of interviews with experts and data from major constructors, this book addresses the theory of downforce lift and drag, wind tunnels and computational fluid dynamics, plus airdams, splitters, spoilers and wings. Includes legislation, restrictions and regulations. Foreword by Gordon Murray.

Table of Contents

Author's preface	6	(7)
Acknowledgements	7	(1)
Foreword	8	(1)
Gordon Murray
McLaren Cars
From then until now -- a brief history of downforce	9	(9)
Out of thin air -- some practical theory	18	(17)
Spoiling things -- front and rear spoilers, and variations	35	(18)
Oh for the wings -- from fundamentals to designing a wing	53	(34)
Undercurrents -- ground effect	87	(25)
Removing the guesswork -- visualising and measuring	112	(21)
You can make it -- DIY construction	133	(18)
Case studies -- from Formula 1 to club categories	151	(39)
Final thoughts	190	(3)
Appendix 1 Some wing data	193	(5)
Appendix 2 References and recommended reading	198	(2)
Glossary of terms and abbreviations	200	(5)
Index	205