Why Aren't Racecars as Smooth and Pretty as 25 Years Ago?

"For Sweden" (rallybeetle) 02/17/2015 at 20:43 • Filed to: Indycar, aero, Aerodynamics

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Because if we understood aerodynamics then like we understand aerodynamics now, cars would have always looked like this.

PanchoVilleneuve ST > For Sweden 02/17/2015 at 20:51

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I'm pretty sure my last words will be this, as I die in a DAMN DIRTY APES!-style rage, but complaining about how a race car is ugly is like complaining about the styling on the lunar lander.

For Sweden > PanchoVilleneuve ST 02/17/2015 at 20:56

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Lunar Lander was fly yo.

PanchoVilleneuve ST > For Sweden 02/17/2015 at 20:58

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Gangster. It was gangster.

415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) > For Sweden 02/17/2015 at 21:00

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So ugly, and they said the F1 noses were bad. Spec series, yuck.

Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire > PanchoVilleneuve ST 02/17/2015 at 21:01

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Gangsta.

StingrayJake > For Sweden 02/17/2015 at 21:02

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There's a great Enzo Ferrari quote about how he never paid any mind to aero. The thought back then was just stick a bigger engine in it and maybe make it lighter.

All the crazy aero might be goofy looking, but it serves a purpose. The Prius is ugly. No way around it. But the aerodynamics serve a purpose.

On second thought, I want attractive race cars with big engines. Fuck aero.

f86sabre > For Sweden 02/17/2015 at 21:32

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you optimize for the rules.

Jedidiah > For Sweden 02/17/2015 at 21:38

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Fuck aero. Put a huge engine in a small car if you want to go fast.

For Sweden > Jedidiah 02/17/2015 at 21:43

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I've got something a little more your style

Jedidiah > For Sweden 02/17/2015 at 21:50

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That is the most amazing thing I've ever seen.

Snuze: Needs another Swede > For Sweden 02/17/2015 at 22:04

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I personally love primitive aero cars, like this McLaren M7. It's not too busy, and just enough sexy.

For Sweden > Jedidiah 02/17/2015 at 22:34

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Hope you like parasite drag

For Sweden > Snuze: Needs another Swede 02/17/2015 at 22:35

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Dumber times were sexier times

and 100 more > Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire 02/18/2015 at 00:24

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ChowDAH!

and 100 more > For Sweden 02/18/2015 at 00:25

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That explains a lot about the 70s.

C-Ki > For Sweden 02/18/2015 at 08:04

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Aerodynamics maybe, AerodynaSMUCK for sure...

This looks butt heavy and unnecessarily draggy up front...

I dont know about everyone else, but these cars are so ugly to look at...

I can't stand watching these..... Just no thank you.

burntartichoke > For Sweden 02/18/2015 at 10:35

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Parasite drag in style!