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Old 06-11-2012, 01:36 PM   #30 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by ksa8907 View Post
an '09 corolla is only .29? too bad they couldn't beat a car from 14 years ago, the '98 concorde had a Cd of .288, was bigger, and had more power.
Let us not forget that the easiest way to improve a car's Cd is to make it bigger. It's Cd x Frontal Area that matters. I suspect MAX's Cd will go down when I put an enclosed cabin on it, but its total drag, sad to say, will most likely rise because the frontal area will increase by about 25%.
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