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Originally Posted by hella_sti
nor do the front Sti "splitters" or any other wing that is put on a street car. I'm just playing around with the idea as far as looks go, not performance.
What makes you think they don't work? The reason for a splitter on a car or specifically a "vortex generator" on a sedan is to deal with the issue of airflow as it passes over the rear windscreen and the trunk. A wagon does not have these issues as much. Nor does Subaru use their wagon as a time trial model, so they are not going to invest in the research to figure out if the wagon needs anything like that. And how does this pertain to us... the average joe drivers on the street? It doesn't. So do what ever you want. You will not notice a difference... at least with a vortex generator on an EVO... it is proven, on a track, at high speed!
There is a reason that Mistubishi and Subaru designers put these devices on their cars... it may not matter that much to us but when they want to get their stock off-the-shelf flagship performance car around a track (Nurburgring) a few 1/100ths of a second faster that the previous year's model they are going to add a few wings and air foils among other tweaks. The engineers want bragging rights... it's a very healthy rivalry among the Japanese manufacturers.