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Old 12-02-2020, 11:37 AM   #4 (permalink)
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I seem to remember many years ago an EM member being flamed and banned for suggesting that “template” shaped cars could get light and could be dangerous at high speeds on dirt roads. Does anyone recall this video of an Insight crashing at 190 mph at El Mirage? It sure looks to me like the back end got light and tried to pass the front despite this being front wheel drive with the weight of the motor and trans ahead of the front wheels.

https://youtu.be/hbNlR-fMlOw
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The power needed to push an object through a fluid increases as the cube of the velocity. Mechanical friction increases as the square, so increasing speed requires progressively more power.
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