View Single Post
Old 03-01-2011, 01:54 PM   #10 (permalink)
COcyclist
Aero Wannabe
 
COcyclist's Avatar
 
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: NW Colo
Posts: 738

TDi - '04 VW Golf
TEAM VW AUDI Group
90 day: 53.2 mpg (US)
Thanks: 705
Thanked 218 Times in 169 Posts
Quote:
Originally Posted by euromodder View Post
Following Colin Chapman's lead in car design isn't a bad thing, but are you sure about the original Europa , Phil ?

It may appear to follow the template, but it's just the side-plates.
Most of the rear deck is flat, ending in a Kamm-back.

Phil did a similar thing to the back of his CRX with good results. It is not aerodynamically perfect but the back end of the horizontal part matches the template and still let's you see out the back glass. It' like a pickup with a tonneau cover being more aero than a pickup with the back gate down.
__________________
60 mpg hwy highest, 50+mpg lifetime
TDi=fast frugal fun
https://ecomodder.com/forum/showthre...tml#post621801


Quote:
Originally Posted by freebeard View Post
The power needed to push an object through a fluid increases as the cube of the velocity. Mechanical friction increases as the square, so increasing speed requires progressively more power.
  Reply With Quote