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Originally Posted by Xist
Chillsworld,
I do not suppose that putting a Corolla engine into a Lotus Elise would count?
An Echo engine?  |
The Elise already has a Corolla engine though! lol.
The 2ZZ has the same dimensions as the 1ZZ and doesn't really need additional cooling since it has only marginally more surface area in the combustion chamber.
The Elise also like I said is not a good example. Does not have much downforce to show for its high drag, and its tires are not even that big. You wouldn't be able to test my side scoop theory out since the side scoops on that car are probably not optimized and they vent to the top of the engine lid, not out the rear bumper.
However the MR2 Spyder (which I have) is an example of an MR car with no rear plan taper. It's got something like a 0.35 Cd, but it's also a convertible that has so many things wrong about the aero I don't even want to get started. A Spyder with a cleaned up radiator vent and underbody plus a full fastback and some stuff moved around in the engine bay to promote flow from the side scoops into the wake would give you an idea of how low the drag can go on a short tailed MR car.
It would probably be easier to just find a hypercar with only front mounted radiators, block those off, and throw on narrower wheels and tires, if you want to test it. It's not like a hypercar would overheat rolling down the freeway barely above idle.