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Offline gasblender37

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Re: Drag Coefficients
« Reply #15 on: March 31, 2015, 10:03:21 AM »
Back to square one -- he's looking for the drag coefficients on the various Roadster BODIES.
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Re: Drag Coefficients
« Reply #16 on: March 31, 2015, 11:53:15 PM »
If you read the text on Dr. Mayfields table page he says the data comes from a computer program called "cartest" available on the web.

I have no info on that program but that should give you a search key to find out more info about the program.
Looks like the source should be here:

http://www.cartestsoftware.com/index.php

Offline wobblywalrus

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Re: Drag Coefficients
« Reply #17 on: April 01, 2015, 01:05:00 AM »
Please post the aero info for the old classic cars and hot rods if you find it. 

Offline Jack Gifford

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Re: Drag Coefficients
« Reply #18 on: April 01, 2015, 01:56:05 AM »
"Cartest" website doesn't even give a hint where the drag coefficient data originates. :?
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Offline Jack Gifford

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Re: Drag Coefficients
« Reply #19 on: April 01, 2015, 02:03:31 AM »
... Please post the aero info for the old classic cars and hot rods if you find it...
The only thing that comes to my mind, is an article one of the engineer-editors (Don Franciso maybe?) wrote in Hot Rod back in '53 or '54 (need to dig it out sometime). He showed a short list of "representative" vehicle types with ballpark drag coefficients. The only one I recall was drop-tank lakesters, at about 0.9 Cd.
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Offline trimmers

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Re: Drag Coefficients
« Reply #20 on: April 10, 2015, 09:33:20 PM »
Here are a couple of sites that show some Cd's:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automobile_drag_coefficient

The one above is mostly recent street vehicles, but it also shows JCB DieselMax and Goldenrod

There's more at:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automotive_aerodynamics
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USFRA 150 MPH Club 09/17/2009 152.162
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Offline Jack Gifford

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Re: Drag Coefficients
« Reply #21 on: April 11, 2015, 01:09:04 AM »
... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automobile_drag_coefficient...
A couple things of interest there-
> Typical Formula 1 car 0.7- 1.1
> Summers Brothers' Goldenrod 0.117
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