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aerohead · 02-01-2014, 02:43 PM

I took xpedro01's MPG numbers and did a quick napkin calc.,yielding Cd 0.223 for the boat tail modification,using Honda's published Cd 0.25 for the 'naked' car.
Fun! Beer and groceries just got cheaper.

02-01-2014, 02:43 PM	#8 (permalink)
aerohead Master EcoModder Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Sanger,Texas,U.S.A. Posts: 16,320 Thanks: 24,442 Thanked 7,387 Times in 4,784 Posts	74.8 mpg = Cd 0.223 I took xpedro01's MPG numbers and did a quick napkin calc.,yielding Cd 0.223 for the boat tail modification,using Honda's published Cd 0.25 for the 'naked' car. Fun! Beer and groceries just got cheaper. __________________ Photobucket album: http://s1271.photobucket.com/albums/jj622/aerohead2/