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Originally Posted by IRONICK
You're joking right? What solutions does Ford use to reach that coefficient?
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1) FoMoCo designed the vehicle
2) FoMoCo has the complete CAD-CAM file
3) Frontal projected area is derived directly from CAD
4) FoMoCo has been doing CFD since the late-1980s
5) To back up their CFD results, FoMoCo measures forces directly from tests in a 1:1-scale, rolling-road wind tunnel, as per SAE/ISO, crosswind-averaged Cd and lift, as a requirement for EPA new car sales certification
6) The non-dimensional coefficient of aerodynamic drag is simply the result of dividing the drag force by the frontal area.