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Old 06-23-2012, 12:13 PM   #5125
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Drag is an exponential issue as well... I'm not getting into that, math is not my forte... but it is a huge barrier to top speed runs...


I saw a top gear video that explained how thick the air is in terms of simple annalogy. Something like trying to drive your car through a thick dough. Or something like that.

Ok, so stupid question time. What is 'CD' an accronym for?

Oh, and, the lighter the driver the lighter the car........ just sayin' ....... I might make for a better number.


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Old 06-23-2012, 12:44 PM   #5126
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Old 06-23-2012, 01:45 PM   #5127
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Thanks, yeah I noticed with all the ZL1 aerodynamic upgrades, the front fascia still almost hit the ground at high speeds. Cool stuff! Guess you really have to think about what tires can take that kind of heat/speed without coming apart/unbalanced.

True on the tires... though for the mile I've got a set of Pure race tires... The HIGH speed runs in the mile usually only take between 20 and 30 or so seconds... Heat isn't a great issue, but I believe the term is centripital force is a big deal....

The people that run and tech the mile are pretty strict though on any car intending to reach or exceed 200 mph...
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Old 06-23-2012, 02:21 PM   #5128
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Ok. So I don't feel so stupid. I'm guessing most people won't know that. haha
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Old 06-23-2012, 02:24 PM   #5129
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True on the tires... though for the mile I've got a set of Pure race tires... The HIGH speed runs in the mile usually only take between 20 and 30 or so seconds... Heat isn't a great issue, but I believe the term is centripital force is a big deal....

The people that run and tech the mile are pretty strict though on any car intending to reach or exceed 200 mph...
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Ok. So I don't feel so stupid. I'm guessing most people won't know that. haha
From context clues, I figured it was drag coefficient, just didnt know why it was CD instead of DC, so I thought maybe it was something else also, im not versed in all this stuff so I may have made up acronyms by myself
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From context clues, I figured it was drag coefficient, just didnt know why it was CD instead of DC, so I thought maybe it was something else also, im not versed in all this stuff so I may have made up acronyms by myself
That's kind of how I did. I was thinking wind resistance. lol
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Old 06-23-2012, 02:38 PM   #5131
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I just can't spell cooerff..... coeeeff..... icicoof....... ah hell, CD
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