302Rover
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Hello all,
has anyone fitted a set of these spoilers offered on ebay? If so, what effect, if any, have you noticed? http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/ROVER-P6-2000 ... 1c348754be
The problem I'm running into is a very light feel at freeway speeds, sort of 'twitchy' steering as if the front end is trying to lift off the ground. I have read that when police were driving the P6 they experienced the same effect due to loading heavy communications gear in the boot. Well I have also loaded extra weight at the back of the car by fitting a differential from a Jaguar XJS. I did this to take the torque output from the Ford 5 litre V8 I installed in the car; I posted a description of this mod last year on this forum but have yet to post how I fitted the Jag diff. The Jag diff is much heavier than the Rover unit and I am now noticing the front end lift effect.
Now, getting back to the eBay spoilers, they look quite small to me and I'm dubious that they could offer any real downforce effect. Further more if one looks at the spoilers that were used on cop cars back in the day, they are of a different configuration. For example here is a link to some photos of an original Rover P6 police car. The spoilers look larger and angled downward at about a 45 deg angle. http://retrorides.proboards.com/thread/73146
Any comments would be appreciated.
Cheers,
Tom
has anyone fitted a set of these spoilers offered on ebay? If so, what effect, if any, have you noticed? http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/ROVER-P6-2000 ... 1c348754be
The problem I'm running into is a very light feel at freeway speeds, sort of 'twitchy' steering as if the front end is trying to lift off the ground. I have read that when police were driving the P6 they experienced the same effect due to loading heavy communications gear in the boot. Well I have also loaded extra weight at the back of the car by fitting a differential from a Jaguar XJS. I did this to take the torque output from the Ford 5 litre V8 I installed in the car; I posted a description of this mod last year on this forum but have yet to post how I fitted the Jag diff. The Jag diff is much heavier than the Rover unit and I am now noticing the front end lift effect.
Now, getting back to the eBay spoilers, they look quite small to me and I'm dubious that they could offer any real downforce effect. Further more if one looks at the spoilers that were used on cop cars back in the day, they are of a different configuration. For example here is a link to some photos of an original Rover P6 police car. The spoilers look larger and angled downward at about a 45 deg angle. http://retrorides.proboards.com/thread/73146
Any comments would be appreciated.
Cheers,
Tom