Drag is less important than ultimate cornering speed in most cases for the elise. In a lower hp car, you KNOW your max speed is not going to beat a higher hp car, but your low weight gives you part of an advantage in cornering and late braking. Adding in a good amount of downforce lets you really hang on in there through the turns faster giving a higher exit speed eliminating some of the acceleration effect of the higher hp car. Another thing is that your max speed is not outrageously high in the elise, the drag on the car is not going to affect you too much in terms of lowering your max velocity. Plus the car will feel a bit more stable at speed, with both front splitter and rear wing in place.
While there are plenty of pics here with wings on elises (personally I love the look) but no answers as to substructures etc. I dont want to get a wing for looks, only for real track use. Does the exige use some kind of a seperate substructure to support the downforce of the wing?
Thanks!