I am an aerospace engineer as well, but without knowing the exact foil design and NACA sections, there is nothing either of us will be able to tell you about downforce generated.

 

Mmmmmmmmmmk never mind then haha. It was a thought. I need a new trunk anyways, as this one is hazing. Maybe I will test it on this if it cracks I will buy a factory one mod that to a hd style one then have some custom carbon fiber etc.

 

That looks excellent

 

Yes that does look hot, but that was not the point of the thread. FYI.

 

:shrug: That would be a cool paint scheme if you end up using your carbon trunk with the wing in question.

 

Talked to a guy who builds a lot of custom race cars around the U.S.
Asked him this question. He said it all depends on brand of the trunk. If its a good trunk, it should hold unless your straight line speed of 150 and over then maybe he could see a fluke thing happening, or if I'm cornering at the same speeds then it may cause enough flex to crack the trunk. He told me most formula one cars are not made of metal yet they generate lots of downforce with no issues. Sometimes they run into some sometimes they don't. Some have unibody designs some don't. Also, he related it to hood latches on cars. Some people don't run the m and have never had an issue, som run have had the hood fly up.....

 

I think an F1 cars setup is way more complex than a guy putting a wing on a CF trunk lol...

 

No no no I completely agree. He was not saying they just toss on a spoiler, but what he was saying is that the end result sometimes is a spoiler attached to a fiberglass part. In the end they are attached to it with nuts and bolts. That is all he was alluding to. He was also saying on the Le Mans cars how sometimes you have just the street style car, he worked on the vette a few years back, and said that they used a carbon trunk on it. Then added it may have been a carbon Kevlar he couldn't remember off the top of his head.