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Old 01-26-2015, 11:31 PM   #49 (permalink)
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The way I've seen it used is 1 count = .001; so when that Chevy article references "12 counts saved" by smooth wheel covers, they mean a drag reduction of .012. Or, as Hotrod Magazine explains it: "The delta between Cd numbers is often referred to as "counts," or thousandths of a point, so the difference between a Cd of 0.250 and 0.200 is 50 counts."
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