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Title: drag
Post by: Jim Blackwood on May 10, 2019, 03:43:04 PM
Just out of curiosity, has anybody ever seen coefficient of drag numbers for the 102DL3?

Jim
Title: Re: drag
Post by: buswarrior on May 10, 2019, 03:48:52 PM
Be careful that you get the right vintage numbers.

The newer D with the rounded forehead does better than the ones with the upper windshield.

Happy coaching!
Buswarrior
Title: Re: drag
Post by: Oonrahnjay on May 11, 2019, 06:22:43 AM
     Does anyone have the drag numbers for an  8" x 8" x 16" cinder block???
Title: Re: drag
Post by: chessie4905 on May 11, 2019, 09:50:17 AM
 ;D
Title: Re: drag
Post by: muldoonman on May 11, 2019, 10:02:46 AM
Quote from: Jim Blackwood on May 10, 2019, 03:43:04 PM
Just out of curiosity, has anybody ever seen coefficient of drag numbers for the 102DL3?

Jim

Thinking about running in NASCAR? ;D
Title: Re: drag
Post by: Jim Blackwood on May 11, 2019, 11:12:44 AM
No, my son and I were just playing around with Cd numbers for different things, and some of them are really surprising. (for instance the '69 Superbird had a Cd of about 0.27 which is pretty phenomenal, where a Jeep was about 0.58, and there was a car built in the '30s that was about 0.14!) So I was curious. Closest reference I could find was one where they were fitting some sort of devices to one of the newer MCIs and getting down around 0.55 with it.

Jim