Never knew? lowest DRAG CO-EFFICIENT

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Never knew? lowest DRAG CO-EFFICIENT

Postby steveatyork » Thu Mar 03, 2011 8:37 pm

http://www.supercarworld.com/cgi-bin/showtop10.cgi?32

Top 6 thats not bad :) Got a shock with the Bristol though :shock: Boy are they ugly...
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Postby MFaulks » Thu Mar 03, 2011 9:13 pm

Top 4 init according to that list, depends how accurate the numbers and round etc.. but as soon as you stick the tall fat rubber on there that will be gone - tyre air drag (churn) is a big factor..
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Postby 2P5T » Thu Mar 03, 2011 9:26 pm

Must admit that I did know the GTA coefficient was 0.28 and that it was impressively low but I wouldn't have known about the others on the list.

I'm impressed by the Maserati Bora being 0.30, gorgeous automobile that it is!

The thing that always irked me is this: if my GTA is so low drag how come it's so fond of drinking fuel? :roll:
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fuel consumption

Postby Miles » Thu Mar 03, 2011 10:58 pm

You must have an atmo.
The turbo can return 40MPG.
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Renault are well known

Postby si21 » Fri Mar 04, 2011 3:32 pm

Renault are well known for producing cars with a low drag co-efficient.

This will suprise you which Renault has this drag co-efficent?

Drag Coefficient, 0.310, only a very little way behind the GTA?

Any guesses :?:

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Postby si21 » Fri Mar 04, 2011 3:35 pm

[The thing that always irked me is this: if my GTA is so low drag how come it's so fond of drinking fuel? :roll:[/quote]

Old and inefficient engine design :lol: :lol: :lol:

Just imagine if it shaped like a brick :lol: :lol: :lol:

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Postby simontaylor » Fri Mar 04, 2011 6:08 pm

I understood that the drag of a car was the cD factor times the frontal area.

Also that the Atmo was slightly more aerodynamic.... due to the slightly narrower tyres.
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Postby Stunned Monkey » Fri Mar 04, 2011 6:14 pm

Cd x frontal area gives effective frontal area - ie equivalent size if it were the shape of a brick.

Drag starts to play a major part on motorways for extended periods.

Higher performance cars tend to have higher Cd's due to trading off some drag for downforce. Interesting to see the GT-R there for this reason.
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Postby Stunned Monkey » Fri Mar 04, 2011 6:16 pm

Well bigger me with a fish fork, look at #30

http://www.supercarworld.com/cgi-bin/sh ... al.cgi?065

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Re: Renault are well known

Postby BIG_MVS » Sat Mar 05, 2011 8:39 am

si21 wrote:Renault are well known for producing cars with a low drag co-efficient.

This will suprise you which Renault has this drag co-efficent?

Drag Coefficient, 0.310, only a very little way behind the GTA?

Any guesses :?:

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Erm, I wonder? Could it be Phildini's new choice of Museum Relic?
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Re: Renault are well known

Postby si21 » Mon Mar 07, 2011 4:29 pm

BIG_MVS wrote:
si21 wrote:Renault are well known for producing cars with a low drag co-efficient.

This will suprise you which Renault has this drag co-efficent?

Drag Coefficient, 0.310, only a very little way behind the GTA?

Any guesses :?:

si21


Erm, I wonder? Could it be Phildini's new choice of Museum Relic?


Well that depends on which relic you refer sir :lol: its not the Fanararri (Fiat) :lol: :lol: :lol: but it may be something he does own and you might not expect it to have such a low drag coefficient :shock:

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Re: Renault are well known

Postby Alpineandy » Tue Mar 08, 2011 11:47 am

si21 wrote: Drag Coefficient, 0.310, only a very little way behind the GTA?
Any guesses :?:

I really should know this one.... but I can't remember... bloody senility.... I'll take a guess at a fuego....
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Postby clee » Tue Mar 08, 2011 12:30 pm

FFS ...It's the 21 ya numpties .
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Postby si21 » Tue Mar 08, 2011 5:10 pm

clee wrote:FFS ...It's the 21 ya numpties .


Correct how did you guess Clee :lol: :lol: :lol: high speed box on wheels ....god knows how it got that drag factor ......may be its a male car dressed in womans clothing :lol: :lol: :lol: because I really cant see how it managed it :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

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That said

Postby si21 » Tue Mar 08, 2011 5:14 pm

Numbers are funny things, I wonder what .2 drag factor actually means means? +.2 = BRICK :lol: :lol:


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