What’s with the rear spoiler?

[1970]

I like the shape of the spoiler, but like kern said its too short, should come out to almost the ends of the qtrs, and the mountings should be farther apart, l always thought someone took the spoiler off of a E Body and put it on

 

[GTXDAN]

Here's a car with a spoiler.

Here's a car with a wing.
I think it looks better with black wheels

 

[j-c-c-62]

Since this topic continues, and as already noted a true and efficient wing requires adequate airflow especially on the low-pressure side. This being the lower wings surface on a car seeking downforce. Most of the benefit of a wing occurs on this side. Mounting close to other surfaces or in turbulent air a wings efficiency/DF is greatly reduced and approaches just becoming just added drag. Mounting a wing close to another surface helps impart an unintentional uplift force on that surface, almost negating the whole DF goal of installing a wing in the first place. This is the core design flaw with the common pictured wing here. Ideally it should be mounted high enough to be in clean air, it should be as wide as the car (ie wider than the green house), if allowable be mounted rear of any decklid surface, it should be of proper profile and mounting and be 3D if height is restricted in order to best account for different airflow paths around the roofline across the width of the car..

 

[1968_Satellite]

Fugly. generic looking thing. I don't like bolt-on spoilers, but the 71 was better.

I agree,its ugly and ruins the look of the car. Looks aftermarket even though its an option.

 

[DeltaV]

I agree,its ugly and ruins the spoils look of the car.

 

[DeltaV]

 

[Moparfiend]

Now son l say son theres a chicken for ya!

 

[Photon440]

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It's not even notched in the middle.

 

[Pecos Bill]

 

[j-c-c-62]

1960:

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2025:

And no notch.

 

[Bee1971]

A lot of Hemi s will bee seeing this rear spoiler soon , all from a Inline Sixpack

LOL Truth

 

[DeltaV]

It's not even notched in the middle.

Neither is this one, but it has a beer name on the car. Not a bad looking Monza after all of the needed modifications.

 

[Wylee]

i was told that the wings are the same as the 71 ford mach 1

 

[WileE]

I vote for no bra.

I would say Lipstick is a better analogy, at least a bra achieves something.

Somehow, we got off the subject.

 

[Photon440]

i was told that the wings are the same as the 71 ford mach 1

Both Ford and Chrysler bought the wings from the same manufacturer. But all Mopar Go-Wings had 36" pedestal spacing, while Ford (and Mercury) varied between 31, 33 and 36" depending on the car attached. Ford also used it longer, up to the 1973 model year on the Mustang. And the that Mustang did use the 36" spacing.

Original Mopar wings have Chrysler part numbers in the pedestals while Ford had their own part numbers. Aftermarket pedestals generally have no numbers at all.