Actually, the rear spoiler on the Spider helped in SCCA competition. Of course, the cars that used them had cut down windshields and no tops, unlike their road going brethren. The street spoilers, it is my understanding, were applied for homologation (at least initially). The front spoiler that appeared later may have gone through the same process, but I have no personal knowledge of that one. By the way, Ward and Dean did the development work on the spoilers. I hope they got some modest compensation for their work.
Ciao, Ben -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of jeff clark Sent: Monday, December 06, 2010 2:27 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [alfa] 105 Aerodynamics >Anyway, the spoiler on the Spider is just for looks, like the little >wings on the Honda CB900F and CBX, and the whale tale on the Porsche >930. Well, actually on the 930 it served a purpose. It provided a >space to mount the intercooler. > > >Rich Wagner >Montrose, CO, USA >'82 GTV6 ... and serve tea... -- jeff clark 82 Spider Veloce 99 BMW R1100S [email protected] -- to be removed from alfa, see http://www.digest.net/bin/digest-subs.cgi or email "unsubscribe alfa" to [email protected] -- to be removed from alfa, see http://www.digest.net/bin/digest-subs.cgi or email "unsubscribe alfa" to [email protected]
