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The
1998 season of JGTC was the year that the racing NSXes first showed their
dominance. This was the last season where rear (after-rear wheels) underbody
aerodynamic aids utilized on JGTC racecars were allowed. DOME (pronounced:
dou-mei) in conjunction with MUGEN developed a serious racing aerodynamic
package for the NSX which propelled the team's NSX from the bottom 9th
finishing position in the 1997 season to the 2nd podium finish in
1998.
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Mobil 1 GT 500 NSX from 98 JGTC |
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TAITEC has taken an important part of this well developed, race-winning
aerodynamic package and adopted it to the street going NSX.
The technology is simple
and effective. The power of the underbody aerodynamic aid cannot be overlooked.
Placement of under-carriage air-channeling features are becoming more and more
common place on street-cars, allowing manufactures to control high-speed
performance dynamics under the car, versus above the body line with large
obtrusive spoilers. Modern exotic automobiles utilizing underbody technology
include the Ferrari F355, 360, F40, F50, Jaguar XJ220, among others. The design
utilizes carefully sculpted channels that manage under-car airflow. Unlike other
haphazard so called "diffusers" that do not have smooth channels for air to
properly flow, the TAITEC Rear Diffuser actually works.
The TAITEC aerodynamic rear underbody diffuser is constructed with the finest
carbon-fiber or kevlar-fiber composite material that ensures its rigidity, reliability, and
lightness. This is sophisticated down force technology without ungodly rear
wings. This product has been track tested both in Japan and in the United States
extensively. The TAITEC Underbody Diffuser will hopefully be a contributing
factor to TAITEC's success in this year's Japanese racing program.
Here is a comment made by a professional Japanese racecar driver, T.
Tsuchiya when he drove the TAITEC diffuser equipped NSX around the
famous Tsukuba test track in Japan:
“The aerodynamic modification achieved a
level of stability that is unbelievably satisfying!”
The TAITEC
aerodynamic rear underbody diffuser is made to fit with the TAITEC
Center-Exit Exhaust system. Due to the finely tuned aerodynamics of
the Underbody Diffuser, only the Center-Out Exhaust system should be
used for optimal and predictable results.
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| The JGTC Underbody
Diffuser is used on Team TAITEC's own race NSX |
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SoS/TAITEC JGTC
Underbody Diffuser - Kevlar-fiber |
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