Keith,
And you got your Berkeley down to .170, pretty impressive. How do you read
that CD, what device? And what's under the hood not the 3 cylinder that came
with it. And what did you do to the body to take a bigger engine without
adding weight?
Linda
On 5/24/06, Keith Turk <kturk@ala.net> wrote:
>
> CD is coefficient of Drag... Basically there are three things that aid a
> car in going fast... Horsepower, Traction and how slippery the body is to
> the wind...
>
> Coefficient of Drag is simply a measurement of how well a car gets thru
> the
> air.. ( which is like molasses at speed ) The average passenger car has
> a
> CD of around .38- .45 something that is really slick like the 85 Firebird
> has a CD of .32... a 68 Camaro or a 68 Manaro has a CD of .45 ( read
> not
> very slick )
>
> Donald Healeys Streamliner from 56 was most likely around .19 or so... (
> Read VERY slick ) the lower the number the less Horsepower that is
> required.... keep in mind that Donald went 203 mph with only 300hp... an
> incredible number... to do that he had to have a wickedly slick car...
>
> Once again it just proves there isn't much new in life... we're simply
> re-learning stuff that has been passed down... combining it with other
> information and coming up with solutions to new problems..
>
> Keith
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Linda Grunthaner" <grunthaner@gmail.com>
> To: "Keith Turk" <kturk@ala.net>
> Cc: <healeys@autox.team.net>; "Spridgets" <spridgets@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Wednesday, May 24, 2006 4:01 AM
> Subject: Re: Wind tunnel results, ( No LBC )(sorta )
>
>
> > Wow Keith very very cool. It does my heart good to see women race. I
> hope
> > you post pictures of the event. The Berkeley is a very nice looking car
> > now
> > I remember seeing it on the Micro Cars site
> > http://www.microcarmuseum.com/tour/berkeley-b65.html. What's under the
> > hood
> > and what did you do to the suspension? Oh and what is a CD?
> > Thanks,
> > Linda
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