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Originally Posted by aerohead
From looking at an older SAE paper on Indycar aero,if the car is Cd 0.24,then its drag would be about 79.5% lower than a typical racer.
At" 60% less," its Cd would have to be based on an Indycar without any wings or pods,just body and exposed wheels.
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Interesting. Did the paper give a range for Cd? If so was the higher value and Indy car in it's maximum down force set up, since wings are adjustable?
When I saw .24 Cd I just assumed that was achieved by ground effect being much more efficient than wings.