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aerohead · 03-07-2022, 10:34 AM

Here are a few values attributed to dual side mirror drag:
GM, PRECEPT/ EV1,1999, Cd 0.015, ( 9.2% and 7.6% respectively )
Ford FUSION, 2006, Cd 0.015( 4.6% )
Audi A2, 1999, Cd 0.0103 ( 4.37% )
SPIRIT-I, 2014,w/ Toyota OEM dual mirrors, Cd 0.0235, ( 9.63% )
SPIRIT-I, 2014, w/ Toyota OEM dual mirrors folded, Cd 0.175, ( 2.45% )
SPIRIT-II, 2017, w/ SCCA racing mirrors, Cd 0.010, ( 2.98% )

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aerohead Master EcoModder Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Sanger,Texas,U.S.A. Posts: 15,914 Thanks: 24,000 Thanked 7,227 Times in 4,654 Posts	side mirror tidbits Here are a few values attributed to dual side mirror drag: GM, PRECEPT/ EV1,1999, Cd 0.015, ( 9.2% and 7.6% respectively ) Ford FUSION, 2006, Cd 0.015( 4.6% ) Audi A2, 1999, Cd 0.0103 ( 4.37% ) SPIRIT-I, 2014,w/ Toyota OEM dual mirrors, Cd 0.0235, ( 9.63% ) SPIRIT-I, 2014, w/ Toyota OEM dual mirrors folded, Cd 0.175, ( 2.45% ) SPIRIT-II, 2017, w/ SCCA racing mirrors, Cd 0.010, ( 2.98% ) __________________ Photobucket album: http://s1271.photobucket.com/albums/jj622/aerohead2/