I didn't have my hatch closed all the way when I was driving today and I was too lazy to close it so I left it. As I was driving on the freeway I noticed that around 65MPH the hatch light would turn off and if I slowed down it would turn back on.

The functional ITR wing in action

 

Put the wing back on.

 

That's happened to me as well. The light will be on and I hear it rattling and can't stop to close it for whatever reason. But after I reached my destination, the trunk had closed itself.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by SurferX &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">That's happened to me as well. The light will be on and I hear it rattling and can't stop to close it for whatever reason. But after I reached my destination, the trunk had closed itself.</TD></TR></TABLE>

U thing the down force did that for u?

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by B2FiNiTY &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Put the wing back on. </TD></TR></TABLE>

He never said it was off!?!!

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by skafia &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">I didn't have my hatch closed all the way when I was driving today and I was too lazy to close it so I left it. As I was driving on the freeway I noticed that around 65MPH the hatch light would turn off and if I slowed down it would turn back on.

The functional ITR wing in action </TD></TR></TABLE>

It will do that even if you dont have a ITR wing.

 

Faster blinking signal makes your car turn faster.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Tweety R &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">

U thing the down force did that for u? </TD></TR></TABLE>

I don't really know, or really care. I'm just saying it's happened before.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by baonest &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Faster blinking signal makes your car turn faster.</TD></TR></TABLE>

Okay, I will remember that.

Anyway, my wing is on right now, but I'm going to take it off again when I go racing this weekend.

Less weight, less drag, quicker times, better fuel efficiency

 

you mentioned that the light would turn off, then back on. how would the trunk not latch shut? that is weird. i remember people would talk about how the trunk would shut at like 60mph +.

 

my trunk light stopped working a few months ago...

 

The trunk would close, but not latch, kinda like what you can do to the hood if not shut all the way.

Going 65+ the trunk would get pushed down hard enough just for the electric sensor to believe the trunk is closed, but once you slow down, it lifts back up.

Maybe it's not the wing that does it heh.

 

I thought the wing just reduces lift, not actually create more downforce. As in, the wing itself creates downforce, but the shape of the body itself creates even more lift than that at the back of the car, so the wing just reduces that lift.

At least that's my understanding of it.

 

Someone should rig a scale up to it, and see how much pressure it pushes down at 60mph.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by jim &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">... the wing itself creates downforce, but the shape of the body itself creates even more lift than that at the back of the car, so the wing just reduces that lift.....</TD></TR></TABLE>

That would still close the trunk (if that's actually what happened)

 

gotta love the ITR forum.


raise your hand if you're an engineer with aerodynamics experience

 

Another observation - my hatch was a pain to shut during my brief wingless time. Had to slam the snot out of it to get it to latch.

 

you guys have that gay little lever thing that is under the hatch dont you. what ever happened to the good ole trunk release lever inside the car. my new teg has that lever thing and i hate it. its messed up so i had to disconnect it and i need to use the key.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by baonest &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">you guys have that gay little lever thing that is under the hatch dont you.</TD></TR></TABLE>

Yep. Started in at least '99 - my roommate's GS-R had the same thing.

 

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Yep. Started in at least '99 - my roommate's GS-R had the same thing.</TD></TR></TABLE>

'98's have it as well. I like it *shrug*

 

While you were experiencing this Skafia were you on a perfectly smooth road? You have to take in account little bumps or waves in the road. It would be cool to test this theory in a wind tunnel though.

 

I'm going to barf.
Experiment in a wind tunnel?? You don't need to do an experiment, if you knew anything about physics and aerodynamics, you'd already know the answer.

 

Yeah, but this wing does it at 20 mph.

 

yea those elvers suck ***, they get stuck all the time , and the trunk wont shut , gotta mess with it to shut it . thats the onyl thing i hate about tegs.

 

the [morons] at the acura dealer [messed] my latch up, ohhh they are going to pay for this one