I have been searching through archived posts upon archived posts. I cant seem to get the information I am looking for. I am in the long process of building an EG for road racing. Nothing too radical just to do a handful of events a year.

Can someone explain the differences to me here? I was looking on http://www.roadracegear.com and copied and pasted this information seen below:

ITS 92-95 Civic EX H-ITS101 $265.00 $365.00 $50.00 $35.00

The first price is for air dam only. Second price is with air dam & splitter. Can someone visually point out differences between the two? I am looking for more high speed stability in my EG hatch while doing HPDE's. No wheel-to wheel racing for me at this point! Sorry for the stupid questions but i am wanting to learn badly!

Mike

 

the air dam is perpendicular to the ground the splitter is parallel

 

The point of both of which is to limit the amount of air travelling under the car. The more air moving under there, the higher the pressure, and if you can some how block off the front and sides, you limit the amount of air that gets down there. also with a splitter the air on top is slow and the air on the bottom is fast. so it pushes the front down. (faster air has lower pressure)

 

The splitter doesis not to limit the amount of air that travels under your car. At least not completely.

Assuming the rest of your cars underbody is completely flat like the splitter, it would direct air both underneath your car, and it would continue to flow smoothly out the rear of your car, also equipped with a rear diffuser. This would reduce lift.
The remaining air would enter the air dam and disperse through vents in the hood. (much like the Mugen hoods). That's how a splitter effectively works.

 

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