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Originally Posted by Cd
Yup ! It took me by complete surprise,
Not only does the car have the barn door flat front end, but it has the original misaligned moulding around the windshield, stock unshaved door handles, huge gaps everywhere ( look at the wheel wells ! ), no belly or skirts, etc !
It blew my mind, but it was tested in a wind tunnel by a guy that did the aerodynamics on the EV-1
( How ironic that the car has almost exactly the same Cd as the .19 of the EV-1 )
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In the HOT ROD article on this car,they said that the nose is completely sealed,as is done with The Cd 0.20 'Blow fish'.That's a 12% drag reduction right there.I think it has an aluminum bellypan as well.
The rear spoiler may help capture a locked-vortex which would lower induced drag do to the separation over the backlight.
Lowering would increase the fineness ratio,always good for drag.