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Old 02-04-2012, 10:47 AM   #203 (permalink)
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Modified Metro XFi: throwing convention to the wind - MetroMPG.com

Perhaps an Ecomodder member with better photochop skills can splice a photo into this thread.

Cool video of the Lotus. As it races around the track it sure looks more slippery than the sedans racing with it, clearly less frontal area.
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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.
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