Drag coefficient on my car?

[Domman56]

No clue what it is i know it's bad it's like a flying brick but i'm hoping its somewhere between .45 and .55 anyone know how to find it?

Oh sorry by the way it's a 1976 Chevy El Camino Classic

[Daox]

The best way to find a car's Cd is to just start googling for it. Theres really no one place to go for the info unfortunately. That is one of the reasons why we have started to compiling them here in our wiki.

[MadisonMPG]

An H2's drag is .57, so I hope it's not that bad.

[Domman56]

Originally Posted by MadisonMPG

An H2's drag is .57, so I hope it's not that bad.

haha no it's not quite that bad

[aerohead]

Originally Posted by Domman56

No clue what it is i know it's bad it's like a flying brick but i'm hoping its somewhere between .45 and .55 anyone know how to find it?

Oh sorry by the way it's a 1976 Chevy El Camino Classic

I've never seen a Cd published for it.The Chevelle that it's based on might be published.I'd guesstimate around 0.45 for the sedan,the Camino,without the trunklid might come in around 0.50 as was typical for pickups of that time.
My Aunt/Uncle's,with 350 and turbohydramatic couldn't get above 12-mpg.
My '67 Chevelle,with 396 and slushbox could do 18-mpg if I nursed it.Hope you have better numbers.

[thatguitarguy]

Originally Posted by aerohead

My '67 Chevelle,with 396 and slushbox could do 18-mpg if I nursed it.

I see. And just how often did you nurse that one??

[aerohead]

Originally Posted by thatguitarguy

I see. And just how often did you nurse that one??

The day of the Arab Oil Embargo of 1973 was a turning point in my life.I've never really recovered from it.My whole attitude about foreign oil and auto efficiency was fixed at that moment.
I soon acquired a crashed Karmann Ghia and began re-contruction of it to replace the Chevy,which never saw the secondaries open from that day on until it was sold.

[Domman56]

Originally Posted by aerohead

The day of the Arab Oil Embargo of 1973 was a turning point in my life.I've never really recovered from it.My whole attitude about foreign oil and auto efficiency was fixed at that moment.
I soon acquired a crashed Karmann Ghia and began re-contruction of it to replace the Chevy,which never saw the secondaries open from that day on until it was sold.

Haha yeah man i'm glad i don't have a 396 I'd never drive slow enough to get 18 MPG unlesss i was on the freeway maybe haha