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Old 07-27-2014, 01:35 AM   #12 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by aerohead View Post
I think the Viper has the same Cd as the RAM 1500 pickup,so I don't know how much good the extractor vents did for the car.They're never used in low-drag concept cars,except the 'banana' car.And at Cd 0.201,the 'banana' car is kinda at the high end of low drag.
I also had a Ram SRT-10 at one point (that's where my avatar comes from), and that was listed by Dodge at Cd .45; the 2002 GTS was a claimed .35-.36 or thereabouts if I remember correctly.

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What about the Viper's rear vents ?
Those are the pressure-relief vents from the trunk. Every car has them, usually under plastic panels and venting under the exterior body panel, or in the back of the cab on a truck. I was disappointed they weren't more exotic.
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