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Old 01-13-2012, 01:55 PM   #4 (permalink)
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Its best to start with the vehicle coefficient of drag list. That'll give you frontal area and cd for a lot of vehicles, but not all. You still have to google for a vehicle's weight.

For other vehicles not on the list I like to use wikipedia to get the vehicle dimensions. H x W x .84 is the formula used for frontal area. Then you just have to google for a vehicle's cd and weight.
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