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Old 11-02-2011, 09:33 PM   #239
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Oh yea if the CoG is 460mm, and the Ferrari 360 is 447, lowering it half an inch will get you to Ferrari CoG lol.

I think the first post needs to be edited, that chart isn't a dyno chart! Hold up lemme pull up where that picture came from, I am 100% positive I've seen it before.

EDIT: http://www.sae.org/automag/techbrief...1-114-1-17.pdf
page "18", the chart looks exactly the same.

Also for the people marvelling at 0.27 C_d, it's actually not amazing. Toyota cars are all under 0.28-0.27 I think, besides trucks. Smooth underbody panels, gently sloped rear = low drag. Lowering the car would improve that a tiny bit, as it reduces the area of tires exposed to the airstream, and reduces the amount of air going under the car (also helping stability).
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