Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxl!ihnp4!inuxc!pur-ee!uiucdcs!ccvaxa!rmiller From: rmiller@ccvaxa.UUCP Newsgroups: net.auto Subject: Re: Drag Coeff Information - (nf) Message-ID: <6057@uiucdcs.UUCP> Date: Tue, 6-Mar-84 22:52:31 EST Article-I.D.: uiucdcs.6057 Posted: Tue Mar 6 22:52:31 1984 Date-Received: Thu, 8-Mar-84 07:17:27 EST Lines: 20 #R:ihuxl:-94700:ccvaxa:4900037:000:861 ccvaxa!rmiller Mar 5 18:13:00 1984 pity, the poor 928 and a drag coefficient of .45! probably those damn exposed headlights! (mind you, my aerodynamics were learned from sailplane pilots, where sticking just your fingers out the little canopy side window added 20-50% to the aero drag on the aircraft!) i really wonder how rain gutters, door and window fittings (especially the windshield!), and unsealed panel openings such as hood and trunk lids affect the cd of a car, anyone got any ideas? and what games do the manufacturers play for advertising? i still find a .35 for the new thunderbird a bit hard to believe. another spot (and probably the one that got the late 70's vettes) is the rear window and frame of a notchback styled car. those vettes and the fiero would pay dearly for that, while the rx-7 and the new vette get a .34 cd with a smoother rear quarter. uiucdcs!ccvaxa!rmiller