Rear lower diffuser

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    Question Rear lower diffuser

    What will the diffuser back there accomplish? A little more controll when fish tailing?(drifting) Maybe less snap when stunting ? Or mainly helpfull at higher speeds for even MORE stability?? Or both ?
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    Re: Rear lower diffuser

    More suction=better grip, however they're only effective at the speeds they are designed to operate at. You'll never really notice any benefit beyond eye candy if you're just tooling around town.

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    Re: Rear lower diffuser

    The feeling of the tail of a car starting to get just a little lighter at high speed on the German autobahn can be somewhat unnerving. The diffuser is there to resolve that issue by adding downforce.

    I doubt that it makes much difference at US legal road speeds.
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    Re: Rear lower diffuser

    Quote Originally Posted by Rob A View Post
    The feeling of the tail of a car starting to get just a little lighter at high speed on the German autobahn can be somewhat unnerving. The diffuser is there to resolve that issue by adding downforce.

    I doubt that it makes much difference at US legal road speeds.
    Absolutely NO difference at those speeds...
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    Re: Rear lower diffuser

    Downforce improvement/lift reduction at the track, since we don't get the Autobahn
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