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From: rmiller@ccvaxa.UUCP
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Subject: Re: Drag Coeff Information - (nf)
Message-ID: <6057@uiucdcs.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 6-Mar-84 22:52:31 EST
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Posted: Tue Mar  6 22:52:31 1984
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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.

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