As far I can say, my TR4 racer is most fastest with the short windshield and
a lot slower with softtop.
Chris
----- Original Message -----
From: "Larry Young" <cartravel@pobox.com>
To: "Jack W. Drews" <vinttr4@geneseo.net>; "FOT" <fot@autox.team.net>
Sent: Sunday, March 06, 2005 12:41 AM
Subject: Re: aerodynamics question
> Unless you've got access to a wind tunnel (we wish), a coast down test
> is the best way to determine your drag coefficient. The Robert Bosch
> handbook gives a good description of how to do this. I recently bought
> a GTECH accelerometer gizmo, because I'm too cheap to buy a real data
> acquisition system. I wonder if it could be used to do an accurate
> coast down test.
>
> While we're on this subject, does anyone know whether a hardtop would
> reduce drag on a TR3 or TR4?
> Larry Young
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