Thread: Lift and drag
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Old 05-13-2020, 04:40 AM   #11 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by 2000mc View Post
If I could try to ask that a different way...
If the top of a car produced 100lbs of lift, would an undertray producing 100lbs of down force, or an undertray producing 0 lbs of down force net the car the lowest overall drag?
100lbs of "downforce" from the undertray, so actually giving no net downforce or lift.

But I do think you're making it hard for yourself. When you can measure whether the suspension is being lifted (or compressed) on its springs, it makes it all very easy to understand.

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