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Old 02-02-2019, 10:11 PM   #537 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by kach22i View Post
Absolutely wrong.
Drag happens after the highest/widest part of the vehicle, everything in front of that is air pressure build up (>250 mph), but not air compression as in supersonic traveling bullets and over 250 mph.
As noted from the discussions above, the Caliber had fairly good aerodynamics from the roofline back to the the rear end. However, good aerodynamics on the roofline & rear only affect the air on the roofline & rear. But, poor frontal aerodynamics affects badly the aerodynamics over the whole vehicle. What made the Caliber (& all other blunt nosed vehicles) aerodynamically such a standout mess (drag coefficient 0.37) was the front end.
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