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The Wing Shop designs racecar wings for motorsport and track day applications. Manufacturing in carbon composite is carried out by production partners DJ Racecars Ltd, ReVerie Ltd and GW Racing. Also offered is a 'whole car' aerodynamics advisory service, known as SMART (SM AeRodynamics Techniques...). If you want to join the growing band of competitors who have found extra competitiveness by using this service, check out the Advice page. Get aerodynamic! Get SMART!! Please browse this first page and go to the links on the left to discover more. |
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NEWS, August 2009: Hillclimb Mini in the wind tunnel You
wouldn't think that the Alec Issigonis Mini was 50 years old in 2009
going by the strength in numbers still out there competing in a wide
range of competition categories, including hillclimbing and sprinting
in the UK. And while the 'special saloon' variants from the past may
be consigned to the sports libre classes in this sport these days, courtesy
of the modified production regulation changes of the early 1990s, the
classic Mini is still a strong and popular contender in the up to 1400cc
modified limited production saloon car class in hillclimbing and sprinting
in the UK. 2009 Champions using SM AeRodynamic Techniques and/or Wingshop wings
The above drivers were all using SM-Designs, DJ Racecars manufactured multi-element wing set front and rear, based on our high downforce '203' main element. The development of the wings on the BBR Phantom was featured in Racecar Engineering in August 2007 (V17N8), and was carried out by Simon McBeath using FloWizard CFD software (see right), and the support of software supplier Ansys is gratefully acknowledged. Why not follow the winners' lead and check out our high downforce wings?
Clemens Burger on his way to the class win and fastest time overall in the 2009 SCCA Solo 2 Nationals (Photo courtesy: David Cosseboom at gotcone.com
Dan Wasdahl took the A Mod class win for the second year in succession (Photo courtesy: Rupert Berrington Action Photography)
Fred Zust won the X Prepared class in his highly developed Lotus Elise |
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Wing Shop wings and SM AeRodynamic Techniques selected by BBC TV's 'Top Gear' programme! For its assault on the Britcar 24 hour at Silverstone in September 2007, the BBC's Top Gear team contacted the Wing Shop to request a rear wing package to go on the BMW 330D for the event. And the splitter and wing concept came about from associate producer Grant Wardrop's researches in Simon McBeath's book, Competition Car Aerodynamics. The wing kit was delivered and fitted in double quick time by DJ Racecars to meet the incredibly tight timescale of the car build, and the splitter was also installed by DJ. Simon McBeath attended the first test prior to the event to ensure wing tuning data was available and that the package was balanced to The Stig's liking (The Stig is the famous yet anonymous racing driver on the Top Gear Team). And DJ personnel were in attendance for the duration of the event. Team Top Gear finished third in class (out of five) and 39th overall out of the 60-odd cars that entered. The story was originally broadcast in an excellent edition of Top Gear on BBC Two in October 2007. |
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The Stig takes the BMW out for its first runs at Silverstone prior to the Britcar 24 Hours on September 8/9, 2007 |
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| Top Gear's front man Jeremy Clarkson reckoned the rear wing was 'awesome'. Here he is telling The Stig he can't believe how much downforce is available! (OK, so we made the last bit up...) | ||||
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The wing profiles, designed by SM Designs's Simon McBeath ( author of "Competition Car Aerodynamics" ) have either been evaluated in the MIRA full scale wind tunnel, and/or by computational fluid dynamics (CFD). Analysis of all this information has provided valuable technical support and development data. We also have university-based R & D projects enabling ongoing product improvement. And we are now using Fluent's Flowizard (TM) software for in-house mapping and development. Dowforce and drag data is available. Please go to Facts and Figures and follow the link to aerofoil data. Wing Shop/SM Designs wings have won championships in single seater and sports racing categories as well as finding applications on track day and even road cars. In 2006 the Lotus Cadena Team won the British GT Championship with one of our wings, and many other Wing Shop customers can boast of wins and records as well as just plain old performance improvements!
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| The DJ Firehawk, with DJ Racecars-manufactured SM-Designs wings. DJ has been manufacturing a range of our design wings since 1999, and can provide set ups to suit single seaters (front and rear), sports racers, saloons and sports cars. DJ is now tooled up to supply high downforce set ups to suit hillclimb and SCCA Autocross applications, developed by SM-Designs using FloWizard. |
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British Hillclimb champion Graeme Wight Junior chose Wing Shop wings for
his fantastic 3.0 V10 powered Predator. Now GW Racing's Raptor hillclimb
racecar features SM Designs profiles, and the car has achieved immediate
success. GWR is an SM-Designs licensed wing manufacturer..
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ReVerie Ltd also makes wings designed by SM-Designs. These designs are exclusive to ReVerie and have been manufactured primarily as retro-fit items for Lotus Elise/Exige models. Available in a range of spans (widths), with either a curved (shown above) or straight planform shape (which could be deployed on most car makes), the single element design features an efficiency-enhancing end plate that makes a substantial reduction to aerodynamic drag with minimal effect on downforce. This is a clamshell mount variant. |
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The ReVerie wing design also comes in a tail gate mount option, as shown on the Exige S2 here. Various Lotus model fitments are available as well as 'universal' motorsport versions. A dual element design is also available. |
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These
carbon composite aerofoils feature a market leading blend of strength,
rigidity, lightness, damage-tolerance and aerodynamic performance, and
as such offer excellent value for money. They also look great!
So why shop anywhere else? Also check out our 'whole car' aerodynamics advisory service, SMART, on the Advice page. |
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