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.
They did all kinds of things with the 935 once they picked through the rule book. Like they found they could raise the floor (originally written in so front-engine cars could pass the exhaust pipe under the side or some such) so they raised the whole thing. Then lowered the car back down again so the floor was at the original height. Result: Lower car overall, lower CG, etc. The engineers worked that rule book over with a lead pipe!
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They also added another rear window, stacked on top of the original but with a shallower angle. That supposedly helped with both downforce and drag. And the front splitter was required to give reasonable aero-based grip at the front to match that at the rear.
-soD
soD,you've got that x-ray vision! I didn't even pick up on that.Raptors will have to watch their backs when your in town!
Oh, I didn't get that from the picture. That's from reading endless articles about the 935 racers over the years. I'm a wee bit of a Porsche nut, you see... (Just got back from dinner in the wife's 911SC!)
Oh, I didn't get that from the picture. That's from reading endless articles about the 935 racers over the years. I'm a wee bit of a Porsche nut, you see... (Just got back from dinner in the wife's 911SC!)
-soD
having driven four different Porsche products,and been a passenger in a few others, I definitely see the attraction.
Shift gates a bit mysterious but other than that,real driving pleasure!
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That's from reading endless articles about the 935 racers over the years. I'm a wee bit of a Porsche nut, you see... (Just got back from dinner in the wife's 911SC!)
