ok, so you guys who put on aftermarket wings, have you noticed any addional downforce at high speed? Does the tail feel a little more planted?

 

I haven't gone very fast for long enough periods to notice any difference.

 

alpine has the stune gt wing and he said he could feel the difference on the track, but not really on the street. not going fast enough i guess...

 

yeah i'd guess since downforce is a function of downforce squared vs speed, it'd probably have to be around 80mph or higher before you can actually feel anything.

Still, I figure it'll only help

 

I'd be willing to bet that Nissan did some time with a wind tunnel on the Z to get the drag down so low. They spent a bunch of engineering time to get the weight ratio correct and they probably did the same with the down force.

 

yeah it was designed to have zero-lift

nothing wrong with a little extra downforce though

 

If my bod kit ever gets hear, I'll let you drive my car with my wing and you can tell for yourself bro

 

hehe that's cool, I already ordered my wing - mostly for looks I guess, but partly for function too.

Maybe we can get together at a meet and swap cars for a bit, and go for a drive. I've been curious to get a feel for what it's like to drive with aftermarket seats

 

Sounds good to me bro hopefully my kit gets here pretty shortly

 

Don't have a wing on my Z yet but my two previous cars that I tracked had a wing or a spoiler. The downforce begins slowly at about 72 mph and tops out around 95. I noticed the downforce most on my BMW. When passing at 80 and turning back into the right lane it felt like a large hand pushing down on the rear to keep it planted. Very reassuring.
Because the Z is so low and firmly sprung I doubt if you would ever get the same feeling but it's there, even with the little factory spoiler.

 

Had my Z on the track 2 weeks ago, I have a Z-spec wing, I could feel the difference during high speed turns and coming out hard onto the straights. You can really feel the rear bite down.