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racprops · 10-12-2023, 04:41 AM

Concerning wind or drag coefficient I only see that the Explorer is .41 and the Vic is .37

You say the Explorer is 50% more??

SO I divided the Vic's .37 by 2 which gives .185 which when added to .31 results are .555. That should be .50% more.

Take .37 from .41 I get a difference of ONLY .04.

So taking .04 and divide it into .41 I come up 10.25 times which I think comes out to .10% More.

That seems a LOT less that 50%.

So if my math is correct, then the Explorer has 10% higher drag, then it will only lose 10% of MPG, so taking 30MPG X .10% I get 3 MPG less or 30 - 3+ 27MPG.

Rich

10-12-2023, 04:41 AM	#14 (permalink)
racprops Master EcoModder Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Phoenix AZ Posts: 799 Thanks: 4 Thanked 66 Times in 58 Posts	Concerning wind or drag coefficient I only see that the Explorer is .41 and the Vic is .37 You say the Explorer is 50% more?? SO I divided the Vic's .37 by 2 which gives .185 which when added to .31 results are .555. That should be .50% more. Take .37 from .41 I get a difference of ONLY .04. So taking .04 and divide it into .41 I come up 10.25 times which I think comes out to .10% More. That seems a LOT less that 50%. So if my math is correct, then the Explorer has 10% higher drag, then it will only lose 10% of MPG, so taking 30MPG X .10% I get 3 MPG less or 30 - 3+ 27MPG. Rich Last edited by racprops; 10-12-2023 at 09:19 AM..