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Old 12-01-2019, 07:15 AM   #68 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by ldjessee00 View Post
I am not sure of the validity or accuracy of this person's model, but I thought it relevant to the conversation here.
That guy claims the truck has something like a .41 Cd at 60 MPH, and somehow it drops to .3 at 88 MPH. How does Cd change with speed? I thought it was a constant value.
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