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Originally Posted by RedDevil
I believe that to even want to participate in these kind of races, you have to be eco minded and bona fide.
But if anyone wanted to play tricks, there is a lot that is possible. If the front wheels trail the steering point any sideways shake provides forward thrust, and it would be very hard to notice.
Apparently you can get 10.000 mpg from a 130 kg car/driver combination doing 15 mph.
Lets extrapolate that to 1300 kg and 75 mph, assuming 10 times as much air restistance times 25 for 5 times the speed.
10.000 divided by 250 is just 40 mpg... and 40 mpg at 75 mph, that is something my Insight can do easily. Ah ha...!
10.000 mpg? They're not even trying  |
Well, if it were ten times as heavy, then wouldn't the volume be ten times as well? Assuming they keep their aerodynamic proportions, 10^(2/3)=4.64.
I get 86 MPG.