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Old 11-30-2008, 10:15 AM   #5 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by notahybrid View Post
The nose cone is a particular interest of mine. I believe I could gain alot by following the example set by Superbirds and Firebirds/TransAms. ... Superbird one of the most slippery production cars of all time
I found a reference to a Cd of 0.28 for the Superbird. That's better than average, even today. But there are many production cars that have since beat it.

Anyway...

Because your Festiva is a hatchback, with a large trailing wake (relative to its projected area), you'd actually find far larger gains with a tail cone than a nose cone.
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