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Old 08-26-2020, 08:12 PM   #65 (permalink)
California98Civic
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Lift is one of the things we're interested in here. However, it is not THE thing. For modding purposes and general learning about about aero, I am curious about the pressure coefficient and how it relates to lift.

Here is the Figure 5. What, aerohead or anyone, do I misunderstand when I read this as demonstrating that you were right to say a fastback shape would have a greater pressure coefficient at the rear of the roof?



Also, as an aside, I am still persuaded that a properly streamlined body with a fastback would produce less life than the notchback. But that will never look as awesome as a late 60s Baracuda or Torino.
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See my car's mod & maintenance thread and my electric bicycle's thread for ongoing projects. I will rebuild Black and Green over decades as parts die, until it becomes a different car of roughly the same shape and color. My minimum fuel economy goal is 55 mpg while averaging posted speed limits. I generally top 60 mpg. See also my Honda manual transmission specs thread.



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