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NeilBlanchard · 10-10-2009, 02:27 PM

Okay, I've reattached my rear wheel skirts (because the rear wheel bearing has now been replaced) and I was able to get some pictures of the current mods:

I have measured the Cd of the car BEFORE the front wheel skirts and the video mirrors (using a coastdown test) as 0.27. The stock car is rated at 0.31 -- though I think that my car (a Release Series 2.0) has a higher Cd than that due to the open hexagon grills instead of the stock ones which are much more closed:

So, be that as it may, I probably will not be able to do a coastdown text now -- the weather is colder again, and my Yokohama tires are due to be replaced.

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