Questionable modifications: pictures inside!

[Madertus]

This spoiler is strangely similar in size to those used in F1...

...coincidence?

 

[Katiegan]

Does that hold on at 60 MPH?

I doubt it holds at 40, nevermind 60!

 

[Wiegert]

Doubt it would hold in a light breeze.

 

[xMARKITOx]

It's 2012 and people still do this 🤬!

 

[dhandeh]

It seems some people have more money then sense.

 

[speed junkie]

 

[aadil717]

That's horrendous; "Oh look! Here comes Iron Man!"

 

[deadcell96]

That poor poor Subaru .

 

[Clytius]

 

[OtakuTaikun]

The wheels on that evo are questionable, but that wing is fully functional. Its positioned over the rear fenders for maximum downforce efficiency. In gt5 i believe both the evo x tc and gdb impreza spec c have these types of wings as well as the lancer evo super rally car, which the car in the pic is replicating

 

[GranTurismo916]

This spoiler is in GT5. Are you calling Kaz questionable?

 

[Joey D]

It's also electric and has all-wheel drive in wheel motors that give the car some serious torque. The spoiler is there to help with aerodynamics and reduce drag. The wheels have to be large and weird looking to accommodate the motors.

Nothing questionable, it's all pretty functional.

 

[MedigoFlame]

Either it's me or does the reflections make the Evo seem more like a photoshop? Could just be me...

 

[Tornado]

Looks like exactly the same spoiler that they put on the Lancer Evo WRC, so I'm not really seeing the issue with it.

 

[godzilla_GTR]

doesn't mean its not an ugly spoiler lol

 

[motortrend]

Either it's me or does the reflections make the Evo seem more like a photoshop? Could just be me...

I thought the same thing because of the stickers but then I looked up info and it even participated in an EV rally in 2005
more pics

 

[ZohsixGT5]

However functional it may be, it it's utterly hideous.

 

[ITCC_Andrew]

However functional it may be, it it's utterly hideous.

I should remind people, firstly, that it's not a modification at all.


Secondly, I disagree. I love the way that the Evo rally cars look, since the first one. Seriously, don't hate on a car, because it's designed to net rear downforce in a different way. I believe, actually, that this rear spoiler was designed to net downforce without creating excessive downforce, which could cause instability while the rally car was airborne, launching off of a jump, since there are lots of jumps in rally racing. The roads are much less "flat" than their paved counterparts. Just look at the Finnish rally, for example.


If you net too much rear downforce in a car like that, when it does get airborne, one end of the car will be pushed down slightly sooner than the other. Considering the weight of the engine in the front, it might act to balance the way the car comes airborne, and, in effect, how it lands, too. It would certainly also aid cornering speeds in higher-speed sections.



It was a purpose-built racing machine.

 

[Madertus]

And today's winners are...

 

[GranTurismo916]

 

[Diogo]

The problem is that that EVO has on the side and back the words MIEV which comes from the car , I-MIEV , wrong name.

 

[Madertus]

^ Mitsubishi In-wheel motor Electric Vehicle - that's what this abbreviation means. So technically it's correct, isn't it?

 

[aadil717]

^ Mitsubishi In-wheel motor Electric Vehicle - that's what this abbreviation means. So technically it's correct, isn't it?

You are correct, and Diogo has some research to do.

 

[RocZX]

 

[motortrend]

^OPTIMAL WEIGHT DISTRIBUTION, AWESOME FRONT CRASH PROTECTION, manufacturers could learn a thing or two from that guy

 

[Joey D]

It looks like one of those vehicles modified to run on woodchips or some other unique fuel.

 

[Wiegert]

Only 1 step below the Boxster in the Porsche line-up.

 

[ZohsixGT5]

Good. Porsche needs a cheaper entry level model for the blue collar workers.

 

[Crumpet]

They actually did a pretty good job at replicating the 959 at the front.

 

[MSTER232]

They must have wanted a little downforce.

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I saw my first car-with-eyelashes yesterday. Out of all the cars and out of all the modifications, why would the driver end up with this???

It's not the first time a car has been seen with eye lashes. I've seen about 4 cars with them .