Spoiler failure
#2
I don't know about a "right of passage" (sic) - but if it eases the sting then call it whatever you want.
Now you just have to figure out what you want to do about it. Mine failed about 8 months ago and I had thought about adding the eRam kit but the $1800-ish price tag stopped me. To me, it's too much money to spend to just have my spoiler go up and down. Others have thought differently of course.
Now you just have to figure out what you want to do about it. Mine failed about 8 months ago and I had thought about adding the eRam kit but the $1800-ish price tag stopped me. To me, it's too much money to spend to just have my spoiler go up and down. Others have thought differently of course.
#3
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I'm going to disconnect the passenger side ram today, I'll almost certainly do the eRam kit at some point but having just spent $,$$$ on Blizzaks and not doing any high speed driving on those I don't need the spoiler up for now.
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What do you mean "failed"? Did it just start leaking and is not traveling as high as it should be? You could try the stop leak method which will only cost you a couple $ and some time.
Dan
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I should add, the ram has had a slow seep for months but everything worked until now.
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Driver side goes up, passenger side doesn't, and error code. I've read a bit about the stop leak method, I like to tinker with things especially when they're already broken. My car is a daily driver though, is the car driveable while I mess around with the pump and rams?
I should add, the ram has had a slow seep for months but everything worked until now.
I should add, the ram has had a slow seep for months but everything worked until now.
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I don't know about a "right of passage" (sic) - but if it eases the sting then call it whatever you want.
Now you just have to figure out what you want to do about it. Mine failed about 8 months ago and I had thought about adding the eRam kit but the $1800-ish price tag stopped me. To me, it's too much money to spend to just have my spoiler go up and down. Others have thought differently of course.
Now you just have to figure out what you want to do about it. Mine failed about 8 months ago and I had thought about adding the eRam kit but the $1800-ish price tag stopped me. To me, it's too much money to spend to just have my spoiler go up and down. Others have thought differently of course.
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#12
Stock rear spoiler is really just for show. It generates a whopping 9 kg (20 lb) of downforce at 190 mph. At 75 mph, that number decreases to mere 1.4 kg (3 lb).
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The numbers you have are correct, but the wing also negates quite a bit of rear end lift besides just generating downforce. The Porsche engineers knew what they were doing.
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