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Old 02-19-2016, 03:12 PM   #4 (permalink)
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It depends. Firstly, this is the sort of question that is of interest here, but...
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I have spent hundreds of hours designing a wide variety of bodies and testing it in a CFD software called Autodesk Flow Design.
...maybe you should be schooling us.

Questions:
Are you competing in Goblin, 24 or 24+ class (I hit 6ft when I was 14)?
This standard motor and two batteries—where do they go?
The ~14x24" rule for the cockpit opening how is that measured?
What fabrication skills and tools do you have a available?

Here are three contrarian shots in the dark. First Luigi Colani:

The body is flat on top and curved on the bottom: free downforce. Minimal body/ground interference drag. This car ran at Bonneville Salt Flats.

Secondly, my own design I would like to run at Bonneville someday:

The four-wheel layout mimics the Speed Demon. It may or may not be allowed under your sanctioning body's rules.

Thirdly, a screenshot from a Youtube video which I believe represents an early iteration of the Edison2:

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