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Originally Posted by aerohead
In the paper,the body alone had Cd 0.24,when wheels were added Cd 0.54,when the wings were added,Cd 1.17.Ground effects and wings produced 3,500 pounds of down force on a car which has a static weight of 1,400-pounds and could conceivably race inverted,as the induced negative lift easily exceeds the vehicles weight.
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That's an old F1 hack; above 60mph or so, a modern F1 car generates enough downforce that the car could race upside down.