DVSentinel
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You obviously have never driven a car designed to go that fast.
I had my '77 Firebird in Germany. It had all the TA body parts on it. My daily drive was from Gaertringen to Vaihingen. I would normally cruise a nice safe, and with the faster traffic, at about 130 MPH... Daily...
Anyway, one day, I curbed the air dam and removed it for repairs. That is when the car started to float. The car was useless at high speeds until I put the air dam back on. It had a very solid feel on the road, with the air dam.
My 92 Z28 squatted nicely at speed. You could actually feel it squatting down. Unfortunately, the original T-Tops were Lexan, and those didn't hold up at high speeds but flexed. Had to replace them with glass. No way that thing floated. I generally only went to around 120 or so myself. And I didn't go airborne on a few minor pot holes or road joints that had expanded a bit.
The car needs a brake upgrade for going higher though. The feel of them was just off, felt to weak the higher I went. That is why I generally stayed down around 120, even though 130 was easily possible.
But I know what he means on cars not designed for high speed. I have had floating on some of those even at lower speeds.