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Subject: Drag Coefficients
From: "Kai M. Radicke" <kmr@pil.net>
Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2001 14:35:55 -0500
Organization: Radicke Media Group
> I seem to remember a question about these figures the other day, but
> I didn't keep the post. By chance I found the following from an
> Autocar review of the TR7, comparing it to the TR6. Both drag
> coefficient figures are for US cars: TR6 - 0.44, TR7 - 0.396.
>
> Hope its of use to someone,
>
> --
> William Davies

Hmm, I'm finding all of this aerodynamics talk so I did some searching
around and came upon http://home.hiwaay.net/~lemay/tbls.html.

For TRs the page provides the following info:

      Vehicle Year and Model
     Cd
     Area (m2 )
     Area (ft2 )
     Cd x m2
     Cd x ft2

      '80 Spitfire
     0.420
     1.437
     15.47
     0.60
     6.50

      '72 Stag
     0.380
     1.693
     18.23
     0.64
     6.93

      '68 TR-250
     0.450
     1.562
     16.82
     0.70
     7.57

      '82 TR-7
     0.360
     1.765
     19.00
     0.64
     6.84

      '82 TR-8
     0.360
     1.765
     19.00
     0.64
     6.84

Of some interest this website may be also:

http://www.ihonk.com/h/speedcalculators/drag.html

Kai

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