<![CDATA[What Makes A Race Car Faster? A Fiero Wing, Of Course! - Jalopnik Comments]]> <![CDATA[What Makes A Race Car Faster? A Fiero Wing, Of Course! - Jalopnik Comments]]> <![CDATA[What Makes A Race Car Faster? A Fiero Wing, Of Course!]]> @JSmith53:
Lame as I am, I actually could fabricate one of those.

All you need to do is cut the shape out of nickel silver, and then etch the design much as one would etch a PCB. (All you need to do is leave it in there longer.) Then, you enamel in the colors.

@superasiaone:

Is that a FIAT I see there?

Spasticteapot

]]> <![CDATA[What Makes A Race Car Faster? A Fiero Wing, Of Course!]]> @ P161911:
Our lemons spoiler came from Home Depot.
[bp3.blogger.com]
Thats high quality scrap wood laminate your lookin at.

superasiaone

]]> <![CDATA[What Makes A Race Car Faster? A Fiero Wing, Of Course!]]> Hey, a spoiler on a rear-drive car!

Useless or not, it's certainly not hurting anything.

And it's bitchin'. That's what counts.

FuzzyPlushroom

]]> <![CDATA[What Makes A Race Car Faster? A Fiero Wing, Of Course!]]> @slantsick: $7 for hood pins? You think we're made of money? We grabbed some free crappy hood pins at the junkyard for the trunk lid, and we're using old seat belts as hood latches!

Murilee Martin

]]> <![CDATA[What Makes A Race Car Faster? A Fiero Wing, Of Course!]]> @Smells_Homeless:

At 69", it is wider than a lot of other 80's cars. Being short (height-wise), makes it look even wider. I disagree on the wing being too wide, I think, for that style of wing, that curving over the edge of the decklid looks better than sitting completely over it, as it does on the Volvo.

On the subject of spoilers, I've spotted Fiero spoilers on all kinds of cars over the years.

Sketch242

]]> <![CDATA[What Makes A Race Car Faster? A Fiero Wing, Of Course!]]> Next step: spoiler for the spoiler (and how about the roof while you're at it!)

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NoneMoreBlack

]]> <![CDATA[What Makes A Race Car Faster? A Fiero Wing, Of Course!]]> Brutal!

dankicksass

]]> <![CDATA[What Makes A Race Car Faster? A Fiero Wing, Of Course!]]> This thing has a Ford 302, right? The wing must be painted black, like the old Boss 302 Mustangs. Same with the hood scoop, and I already suggested the hockey stick stripes in another post.

jnostalgics

]]> <![CDATA[What Makes A Race Car Faster? A Fiero Wing, Of Course!]]> Another great improvement to the aero-package would be those side skirt ground effects off of a Dodge Daytona Turbo Z.

SundaySunday

]]> <![CDATA[What Makes A Race Car Faster? A Fiero Wing, Of Course!]]> @vtac-attack: With ironic placement, more.

Bumblebee

]]> <![CDATA[What Makes A Race Car Faster? A Fiero Wing, Of Course!]]> @Adidac425: Stickers are worth 7 to 10 horsepower each.

vtac-attack

]]> <![CDATA[What Makes A Race Car Faster? A Fiero Wing, Of Course!]]> The wing should be on the hood, and the scoop should be sticking out of the trunk.. Another tip: Autozone hood-pins. $7, Increased the HP of my '85 Omni by at least 30%.

And if you're looking for "classy" fender vents.. 1978 Mercury Zephyr.

Slantsick goes hybrid: Burns Oil and Rubber

]]> <![CDATA[What Makes A Race Car Faster? A Fiero Wing, Of Course!]]> The wing needs to be hinged, on a bungie cord to the brakes.

Active aero FTW!

thatguy01

]]> <![CDATA[What Makes A Race Car Faster? A Fiero Wing, Of Course!]]> @Astos: Red is the official color of Ferraris because every owner thinks that color is what the next guy wants.

Paying $250K for your dream car and not getting the color you want amuses me no end.

thatguy01

]]> <![CDATA[What Makes A Race Car Faster? A Fiero Wing, Of Course!]]> The same fools who say the wing will not help say red paint does not make a car faster. Why then oh experts is red the color of Ferraris?

Astos Green lasers rulz

Astos

]]> <![CDATA[What Makes A Race Car Faster? A Fiero Wing, Of Course!]]> Neat wing....almost like a real Group A Volvo.

It will work and has the right angle of attack to achieve groundforce. But if you just want the looks keep those brakelights. They ruin the flow.

I love it, great work. You would be one of us on the parking lot on the town square. Just add snus and Bosch Big Knicks and you would blend in perfectly.

One more thing for full swedish acception...Use your AGA-thingy and weld that rear differential.

SVENSSON

]]> <![CDATA[What Makes A Race Car Faster? A Fiero Wing, Of Course!]]> @vr6john: In fact, the car came with "Happiness Is A Scruffy Dog" license plate frames, front and back. We'll be using those. And we kept the curb feelers, too.

Murilee Martin

]]> <![CDATA[What Makes A Race Car Faster? A Fiero Wing, Of Course!]]> Don't listen to these people, don't touch it it's perfect now. Just make it run. It is awesome!

MeDuh

]]> <![CDATA[What Makes A Race Car Faster? A Fiero Wing, Of Course!]]> You could easily quadruple your monies by selling the Fiero wing and then spend half the earnings buying a totally awesome eBay made in China JDM civic wing.

You should at least consider it being that drilling more holes in your car equates to faster lap times (speed holes) don't mind that the wing will slow you down a lot more it's all in your mind anyways and the butt dyno never lies.

TheAstronot

]]> <![CDATA[What Makes A Race Car Faster? A Fiero Wing, Of Course!]]> Kewl, now you need more scoops on the roof, another 30HP!!!

aesthari

]]> <![CDATA[What Makes A Race Car Faster? A Fiero Wing, Of Course!]]> Is the moose rampant, or does he have muscular dystrophy? I get so confused by heraldic symbolism.

DoctorNine

]]> <![CDATA[What Makes A Race Car Faster? A Fiero Wing, Of Course!]]> There is one other thing missing on this car... a furnace-duct sized exhaust tip.

petersterncan

]]> <![CDATA[What Makes A Race Car Faster? A Fiero Wing, Of Course!]]> Honestly, if I wasn't in such a dire monetary crisis. I'd love to help out the Jalops. I'd even sleep on the floor, just to have that honor.

M0L0TOV

]]> <![CDATA[What Makes A Race Car Faster? A Fiero Wing, Of Course!]]> @biminitwst:
The only acceptable fender vents for this beast would be crafted from the vented tops of the new Coors Light cans.

deus ex wagon

]]> <![CDATA[What Makes A Race Car Faster? A Fiero Wing, Of Course!]]> @clownracer: Was about to suggest that myself. I might even have a spare kicking around in my shop somewhere.

And by "shop", I mean "shed". And by "kicking around", I mean "buried under other piles of miscellaneous Corrado crap I haven't gotten around to replacing yet".

With an extension or two, you should be able to get that sucker to extend a good five, six feet above the trunk of the car. Then, it would be perfect.

BeerDearthair

]]> <![CDATA[What Makes A Race Car Faster? A Fiero Wing, Of Course!]]> @SundaySunday: Window screen + silver spray paint maybe? For that classy look.

Schweppes

]]> <![CDATA[What Makes A Race Car Faster? A Fiero Wing, Of Course!]]> You of course are going to ad license plate frames to front and back...20 instant HP

vr6john

]]> <![CDATA[What Makes A Race Car Faster? A Fiero Wing, Of Course!]]> @biminitwst: Yah, fender vents. I'd find someone who was getting rid of an old Kenmore dryer and grab the little lint trap pull thingy. Some Testors silver paint. Good 2 go!

SundaySunday

]]> <![CDATA[What Makes A Race Car Faster? A Fiero Wing, Of Course!]]> mount a corrado spoiler motor to it!!!!!

clownracer

]]> <![CDATA[What Makes A Race Car Faster? A Fiero Wing, Of Course!]]> and by . i mean ?
actually on second thought i like the period, it gives my question power.


icantthinkofone

]]> <![CDATA[What Makes A Race Car Faster? A Fiero Wing, Of Course!]]> @voodoojoo: what if the pips were singing in the backround.

icantthinkofone

]]> <![CDATA[What Makes A Race Car Faster? A Fiero Wing, Of Course!]]> @Tomsk: Only some Mantas and a turbo F1 car could make that race more 80s.

voodoojoo

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Yurikaze

]]> <![CDATA[What Makes A Race Car Faster? A Fiero Wing, Of Course!]]>

arrgh.
epic fail on figuring out how to use this image linking.

Yurikaze

]]> <![CDATA[What Makes A Race Car Faster? A Fiero Wing, Of Course!]]> Please, I've been a proponant of Fiero wing usage on track cars since before Jalopnik said it was cool.
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Yurikaze

]]> <![CDATA[What Makes A Race Car Faster? A Fiero Wing, Of Course!]]> I sold my welding teacher in high school a Sunfire spoiler to put on the back of his Fiero based Lamborghini convertible for $100. I wonder how much a genuine Fiero spoiler would have been worth to him.

Schweppes

]]> <![CDATA[What Makes A Race Car Faster? A Fiero Wing, Of Course!]]> @Murilee Martin: "Wanky is going on the car, dammit!..."

Well, I hope you are going to fit him with appropriate safety head gear; we'd hate to see him bash the stuffing out of him in the event of a collision...

charles_barrett

]]> <![CDATA[What Makes A Race Car Faster? A Fiero Wing, Of Course!]]> I see your cunning plan now, That's No Volvo! that's a Fiero Dressed up as a volvo!

You can't fool me!

LaughingAtFate

]]> <![CDATA[What Makes A Race Car Faster? A Fiero Wing, Of Course!]]> @Skydiver: Wanky is going on the car, dammit! I've already made that clear!

Murilee Martin

]]> <![CDATA[What Makes A Race Car Faster? A Fiero Wing, Of Course!]]> Seeing that trunk wing makes me have an overwhelming hunger for sushi... perhaps along with a side-order of Swedish meatballs...

charles_barrett

]]> <![CDATA[What Makes A Race Car Faster? A Fiero Wing, Of Course!]]> @M0L0TOV: Now Now, no need to bring my mothers anonymous promiscuity into this...

Adidac425

]]> <![CDATA[What Makes A Race Car Faster? A Fiero Wing, Of Course!]]> @Skydiver: Less 'or', more 'and'.

kleinlowe

]]> <![CDATA[What Makes A Race Car Faster? A Fiero Wing, Of Course!]]> @graverobber- Same great taste, new low price!: "Geez, I never thought of the Fiero as being that freaking wide."

That's because it's not. The wing on the Fiero was at least 4 inches too wide, in my opinion.

Of course I also am the guy who tacked a red 84 T/A spoiler on a mostly-silver 78 GP and thought it rocked, so grain of salt and all that.

(It went rather well with the blue shaker and vinyl top. And yes the shaker was functional rather than being riveted to the underside of the hood)

Smells_Homeless

]]> <![CDATA[What Makes A Race Car Faster? A Fiero Wing, Of Course!]]> Not letting Wanky serve the duty to which he was born = FAIL.

Skydiver

]]> <![CDATA[What Makes A Race Car Faster? A Fiero Wing, Of Course!]]> If ya have an extra 9 bucks burnin a hole in yer pocket when its all said and done, go buy yourself another one for the front, like the countaches of yore. Any driver seeing that in the rear-view will go into some sort of seizure.

boognish

]]> <![CDATA[What Makes A Race Car Faster? A Fiero Wing, Of Course!]]> @kleinlowe: Or Testarossa louvers running along the rear quarter.

Skydiver

]]> <![CDATA[What Makes A Race Car Faster? A Fiero Wing, Of Course!]]> Needs NACA ducts. Everywhere. In every direction.

kleinlowe

]]> <![CDATA[What Makes A Race Car Faster? A Fiero Wing, Of Course!]]> @staircar:
...and then, for the sake of authenticity, remove five plug wires.

staircar

]]> <![CDATA[What Makes A Race Car Faster? A Fiero Wing, Of Course!]]>

Hmmm... methinks you need to graft a V8-6-4 badge onto one of these.

staircar

]]> <![CDATA[What Makes A Race Car Faster? A Fiero Wing, Of Course!]]> @lascauxcaveman: Already been tried:

+ Watch video


(At 2:25)

Tomsk

]]> <![CDATA[What Makes A Race Car Faster? A Fiero Wing, Of Course!]]> I second the need for a Swedish Roof Flag.

JoeWoodsprite

]]> <![CDATA[What Makes A Race Car Faster? A Fiero Wing, Of Course!]]> How did you find a Fiero wing that wasn't charred?

Also, when I see the rear of the Volve, pre-wing, it really looked like the front of a majorly cool car. Lego like, yes, but square and plain and serious.

NovaloadMissesPolar

]]> <![CDATA[What Makes A Race Car Faster? A Fiero Wing, Of Course!]]> You need these logos:

JSmith53

]]> <![CDATA[What Makes A Race Car Faster? A Fiero Wing, Of Course!]]> @Adidac425:
Bastard! You read my mind!


M0L0TOV

]]> <![CDATA[What Makes A Race Car Faster? A Fiero Wing, Of Course!]]> NINE BUCKS! Thats a steal for a Fiero wing.
OK, Scoop? Yep. Wing? Yep.
Turbo badge? Yep.
Fender vents? No?
Ya gotta have fender vents!
How can ya have any ventin' if ya dint have any fender vents?
And by all means, paint a Swedish flag on the roof.
The $2008 challenge gives points for looks. Likewise, LeMons may add "index points" for coolness. A flag roof is very cool, unless its a British or Confederate flag. Way overdone.








biminitwst

]]> <![CDATA[What Makes A Race Car Faster? A Fiero Wing, Of Course!]]> In the true sprit of the race, I would have mounted it backwards...

htrodblder

]]> <![CDATA[What Makes A Race Car Faster? A Fiero Wing, Of Course!]]> @devilock138:

Ludicrous speed. GO!!!

smalleyxb122

]]> <![CDATA[What Makes A Race Car Faster? A Fiero Wing, Of Course!]]> Did Pep Boys ever sell a set of Volvo 240 Lexus-Style clear rear lights?

Or is that gilding the lily?

Rust-MyEnemy is stll out there!

]]> <![CDATA[What Makes A Race Car Faster? A Fiero Wing, Of Course!]]> @Adidac425: Even more if he gets a couple of V-Tec badges.

Wait, what am I saying? Get? He probably has half-a-dozen of them in a kitchen drawer. Just glue a couple on and feel the power!

TheTooth

]]> <![CDATA[What Makes A Race Car Faster? A Fiero Wing, Of Course!]]> Wanky would approve of your safety efforts.

TheTooth

]]> <![CDATA[What Makes A Race Car Faster? A Fiero Wing, Of Course!]]> How many theoretical horsepower are we up to now? You fetched 100 pretend ponies with the hood scoop, and now 15 more with your psuedo ital designed horizontal stabilizer...

Get some Type R stickers, and I think you got yourself a 10 second car there...

Adidac425

]]> <![CDATA[What Makes A Race Car Faster? A Fiero Wing, Of Course!]]> We're hoping the quills on our car will work like the little fins on the Mitsu Lancer EVOs for extra speed!

LTDScott, Porcubimmer pilot

]]> <![CDATA[What Makes A Race Car Faster? A Fiero Wing, Of Course!]]> it needs a turbo badge. every Yugo and car under 80hp in Miami in the 80s and 90s had a turbo badge on the back. classic.

smsolo1

]]> <![CDATA[What Makes A Race Car Faster? A Fiero Wing, Of Course!]]> @graverobber- Same great taste, new low price!: The Volvo 240 is actually not a large car- it just looks big because it's so brick-shaped. And it would be a fun daily driver, except for the fact that you'd need to wear a helmet while driving it, lest you crack your head open on the cage in a fender-bender.

Murilee Martin

]]> <![CDATA[What Makes A Race Car Faster? A Fiero Wing, Of Course!]]> You could mount a pair of secret hyper jets in the original taillight holes. Fire those puppies up and get ready to go hyper active!

devilock138

]]> <![CDATA[What Makes A Race Car Faster? A Fiero Wing, Of Course!]]> Geez, I never thought of the Fiero as being that freaking wide.

I'm beginning to think the V8lvo would make a pretty rad daily driver. You gonna raffle it off after the race?

graverobber- Two BEER minimum

]]> <![CDATA[What Makes A Race Car Faster? A Fiero Wing, Of Course!]]> TOO SMALL!!1!!11!!

must have 2X4s lifting it into fresh air

PЯide MZЯ DISI

]]> <![CDATA[What Makes A Race Car Faster? A Fiero Wing, Of Course!]]> @Murilee Martin: i thouth they had a website

TheBlueBomber

]]> <![CDATA[What Makes A Race Car Faster? A Fiero Wing, Of Course!]]> a scary shark profile painted on each side can't hurt either.

harumph

]]> <![CDATA[What Makes A Race Car Faster? A Fiero Wing, Of Course!]]> I think it just needs that airplane hood ornament Murilee picked up a while back (good for another 10hp by my calculations), and it will be unstoppable at LeMons.

combat chuck

]]> <![CDATA[What Makes A Race Car Faster? A Fiero Wing, Of Course!]]> @TheBlueBomber: I'm trying to put together a proper team website, but haven't had time. Working on it.

Murilee Martin

]]> <![CDATA[What Makes A Race Car Faster? A Fiero Wing, Of Course!]]> @Murilee Martin: If you stack another wing on top of the first... well, thats twice the power!

Buckster

]]> <![CDATA[What Makes A Race Car Faster? A Fiero Wing, Of Course!]]> @Murilee Martin: Wow. I'm just...that stunningly Jalopnik. I'm speechless.

voodoojoo

]]> <![CDATA[What Makes A Race Car Faster? A Fiero Wing, Of Course!]]> Had one of those stolen off my '88 Formula, 3 days after I bought it. 1200 clams to replace it at the time.

beercheck

]]> <![CDATA[What Makes A Race Car Faster? A Fiero Wing, Of Course!]]> @TheBlueBomber: www.jalopnik.com

also, I am starting to think I actually want this car.

teargas

]]> <![CDATA[What Makes A Race Car Faster? A Fiero Wing, Of Course!]]> @Maymar: But shouldn't that extra-CG-balancing be lower on the car?

A Volvo has enough rear overhang and rides high enough, Murilee! Mount it on the underside of the car. It'll drive the other competitors and judges absolutely bonkers with a bad case of WTFs.

lascauxcaveman

]]> <![CDATA[What Makes A Race Car Faster? A Fiero Wing, Of Course!]]> @Murilee Martin: Could you even do that on a $500 budget? How much does a small turbo and assorted flanges go for at the junkyard?

elwood

]]> <![CDATA[What Makes A Race Car Faster? A Fiero Wing, Of Course!]]> It's not a real fiero wing unless you put a Ferrari emblem on it.

B

]]> <![CDATA[What Makes A Race Car Faster? A Fiero Wing, Of Course!]]> anyone wanna put up a link to the teams blog?

TheBlueBomber

]]> <![CDATA[What Makes A Race Car Faster? A Fiero Wing, Of Course!]]> I'm in love.

Benito

]]> <![CDATA[What Makes A Race Car Faster? A Fiero Wing, Of Course!]]> I thought all proper Lemons aerodynamic aids came from Home Depot.

P161911

]]> <![CDATA[What Makes A Race Car Faster? A Fiero Wing, Of Course!]]> @elwood: I pushed for a junkyard quad-turbo Cadillac V8, but was overruled by my teammates.

Murilee Martin

]]> <![CDATA[What Makes A Race Car Faster? A Fiero Wing, Of Course!]]> @Hoser Dave: Not to mention "Pussy" loves yellow.

Buckster

]]> <![CDATA[What Makes A Race Car Faster? A Fiero Wing, Of Course!]]> Oh, and can I still vote for a cobbled-together junkyard turbo kit?

elwood

]]> <![CDATA[What Makes A Race Car Faster? A Fiero Wing, Of Course!]]> Needs French Racing Blue spraypaint.

Eric Merrill

]]> <![CDATA[What Makes A Race Car Faster? A Fiero Wing, Of Course!]]> Paint it yellow. Instant HP.

Hoser Dave

]]> <![CDATA[What Makes A Race Car Faster? A Fiero Wing, Of Course!]]> It's not useless dead weight, it's balast to move the CG rearwards!

Also, as far as the brake lights go, couldn't you just make a little helmet for Wanky the Safety Cat?

Maymar - now with 37% less anonymity

]]> <![CDATA[What Makes A Race Car Faster? A Fiero Wing, Of Course!]]> I really, really want to see how this Volvo turns out by LeMons time. All of this junkyard scrounging is highly amusing.

elwood

]]> <![CDATA[What Makes A Race Car Faster? A Fiero Wing, Of Course!]]> Freaking sweet. Now douse it in BBQ lighter fluid for the victory lap.

boosted-lego-wagon

]]> <![CDATA[What Makes A Race Car Faster? A Fiero Wing, Of Course!]]> I love the 240 Dl, and I love the Fiero, may its bastard child live in Infamy!

Ironically both of those cars where choices of mine for the 24 hours of Lemons...

Foo2rama

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