1969 Camaro SS

[TOSTO RACING]

They say front spoiler no rear spoiler is the fastest. I tried it with front spoiler and rear spoiler 129.90 mph. Took off rear spoiler next pass back to back same air, same day, lost a 1/2 mph 129.20 take that for what its worth and my experience on a 69 Camaro B/SA maybe 130 mph isn't fast enough to see any difference.

[L.Fite]

I always heard the rear spoiler slowed you down...
But that's always been the popular opinion.
Not sure it matters much below 140 or maybe more...

The front spoiler might make a difference by keeping the front end down...

Personally, I think Camaros are ugly without rear spoiler...
Looks like a cat with no tail...

[Adger Smith]

Back in the early 70's I ran a '69 Z-28.
Front spoiler was worth about a nickel and a touch of MPH
Rear spoiler slowed it down between 2 & 3 MPH
Showed up at a divisional without the rear spoiler and was told to put it back on or go home. Things were tough back then.. But.. They never noticed the
front disc brakes were replaced with 6 cylinder drum brakes.
a lot lighter and the line lock worked better.

[Dwight Southerland]

Adger,

So, have you always been a cheat?

[Kirk Morgan]

It seems the rake and the ride height of the car would affect the amount of drag created by the spoilers.

[Adger Smith]

I would think that is correct Kirk.
Dwight, I'm pleading youthful ignorance on the spoiler.
Yes that was cheating...Because "The man" caught me.
Still don't know abought the brakes.. "The man" never pointed it out as being illegal.. IE: Caught...
How many times has that been said on this forum... LOL
Dwight,
I thought you said you tried the spoiler mix and match on your Camaro, too.
BTY: Thanks for telling me about the 6 cylinder front suspension pieces and the brakes.

[Dwight Southerland]

Adger -
Quoting a dear and common friend of ours, "What is legal is what passed tech."

My Camaro was a '67 so I never tried the spoilers. I even ran the OEM 4-piston disc brakes when it was raced as a Z28. It's kinda like hoping the psychology of having the obvious cheating areas clean they won't continue looking. Bob Ayres also taught me to have something very obviously wrong (but easy to correct) when you go through tech so they will stop looking after they "Gotcha!".

[BobbyH]

Just curious about a similar observation watching Camaros and other cars go down the track/top end. Most people in Stock/SS build their cars super low in stance
for aerodynamics, yet the nose is way up in the air when running defeating the purpose. Some are way up while others are lower going down the track
How do you keep it down? Spoilers?