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The speedometer will sometimes be responsive showing changes in velocity, but sometimes it will stick, then suddenly drop (or rise) 10 or 20 mph. McTimson said earlier he thinks it'd be weird for an electrical signal to be sticking (though I'm thinking the instrument panel might be at fault in that case), but I really don't know one way or the other what's in there. However, cruise control was an option on first gen Legacys, so whether it's cable driven or electric, I'm -hoping- there's a VSS somewhere that will give a consistent, reliable signal. Confident enough that I'm going to be getting a pre-assembled 'Guino.
I have Ansys CFX 11.0 installed on this computer, as well as SolidWorks 2007 for 3D modeling. There's still so much I need to learn in both, though, that I haven't even yet figured out how to put anything I create in Solidworks into Ansys for testing. Haven't given up yet though. (encouraging that there's an Ansys menu option right in Solidworks).
The tuft testing was done around 60-70 mph (speed limit is 70). It was hard to remain consistent because it's really the only road for traffic in the area, so I had to keep moving fast enough to not get passed in a passing zone (which would then mess up airflow in front), but there were also cars pulling out in front too. It wasn't the most controlled of tests, but I now know some things I didn't have any idea about before.
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