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Re: top speed?

To: Irv Korey <emanteno@ibm.net>
Subject: Re: top speed?
From: Jim Hayes <hayes@mediaone.net>
Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1998 22:06:07 -0500
Irv Korey wrote:
> 
> While Joe's car has a smaller frontal area, in my unscientific experience,
> top down TR's are LESS aerodynamic than your car with the hardtop. 

Further confirmation from my experience at Savannah a few years ago. I
had my Giulietta Sprint there being co-driven in the enduro by a
Giulietta Spider Veloce racer. He had more HP and less frontal area, but
we had the same gearing. When we entered the long front straight
together, he could pull away on accelleration but I could catch him at
the end of the straight with a significantly higher top speed. This was
the same when we traded cars in practice, so it was not the drivers!
Jim

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