You guys are both in the ball park. A Corvette is bigger than you think.
Now I have a Chevette that acording to your equasion would equal 15 square
ft., and I don't think its that small...it might run more like 17.5".
Hey, Keith whats the height and width of your Camaro?
At 02:28 PM 6/17/99 -0600, Ronald_B_Anderson@notes.seagate.com wrote:
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>Good, glad somebody out there hears me...
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>My aerodynamics book says for a rough estimate, take width (73.6 in) times
>height (47.7 in), convert to square feet, as you indicated by dividing by
>144, which equals 24.38, and take 81 percent of that, which gives 19.75,
>square feet, pretty close to your number. But that seems too large to me.
>That's why I started searching for the real number.
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>This year I plan on only observing at W.O.S. this year, and forming a plan
>on breaking 200, my goal. First thing, I just got the C5, and need to find
>someone who can do a world class job on a roll bar (luxury quality and
>appearance). I already calculate my horsepower losses (rolling [frictional,
>inertial, and mechanical] and aerodynamic losses) with a spreadsheet model
>I built. Right now it looks like I need 450 HP to do the job. This points
>to supercharging, but this is hard (read expensive) in the C5's engine
>compartment. Carroll Supercharging in New Jersey, and Lingenfelter claim to
>be able to do it for $10000. Can you explain this to my nagivator for me?
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>Ed Van Scoy <edvs@idt.net> on 06/17/99 11:09:39 AM
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>Please respond to edvs@idt.net
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>To: Ronald B Anderson
>cc: Land-speed@autox.team.net
>Subject: Re: I'm new
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>For a quick & dirty number, multiply vehicle height (inches) X track
>width (inches) and divide by 144. My own quick measurements of a C5 were
>62 X 45 / 144 = 19.38 sq. ft.
>This is only a "driveway" technique, there are some REAL smart people on
>this list that could get you a lot closer.
>Are you planning to run the car at WOS this year?
>Ed
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>Ronald_B_Anderson@notes.seagate.com wrote:
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>> OK, How's this thing work? I'm a USFRA member.
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>> Does anybody know how I can find out the frontal area, in square feet, of
>> the new C5 Corvette? I need to calculate the
>> aerodynamic loss. I know how to do this, I just need the number.
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>> --- Ron
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