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Old 06-17-2012, 08:27 AM   #217 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Grant-53 View Post
What we have here is what I call the 'ugly baby syndrome', if someone says my baby is ugly I am going to take offense. There is sometimes friction between those who studied mechanics at college and those who studied in the garage or pole barn. The late Mark Donohue did both, Smokey Yunick was a self taught genius with a number of patents. Let's give each other a little leeway on personal taste.

Until a set of coast down tests are done we are making educated gueses as to the CdA. Put me in the pool for a Cd of 0.38 and area of 13 sq. ft
Trying to pull a CdA number out of thin air on this one is tough. On the one hand, you have a very tiddy rear end that should help quite a bit. On the other hand, you have a front clip that kind of ends abruptly. So, unlike traditionally shaped cars where we have a long history of figures to use to pull CD numbers out of our collective arse, this one is gonna take actual tests.
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