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Old 12-15-2008, 12:20 PM   #5 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by trikkonceptz View Post
I have the honor of working at a Ford Store where we have a GT40 on display 24hr a day. In fact I can die happy knowing that I have driven it a couple of times.

Anyhow, several salesman and I get into arguments about it all the time and its "awesome aerodynamics", whereas I believe they aren't that great.

So after an exhaustive search on the internet I find out that the cd of the GT40 is .35 ??? WTF, I didn't think it was that bad !!!

However after looking at it closely and seeing how the front tires are directly in the air stream, among other things that are fishy in its design, I guess its justified.

Just thought a couple of you may have wanted to know this ...

for a supercar designed with lots of downforce to hold it to the ground, .35 is really well designed. remember thats better than most cars and also is pushing down on the car with a lot of aerodynamic force
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