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Re: Engine Config

To: "Pork Pie" <pork.pie@t-online.de>,
Subject: Re: Engine Config
From: "DrMayf" <drmayf@teknett.com>
Date: Wed, 5 Jan 2005 10:30:24 -0800
Just a bit too cryptic for me. Didn't help much ...

mayf
----- Original Message -----
From: "Pork Pie" <pork.pie@t-online.de>
To: "DrMayf" <drmayf@teknett.com>; "list answer" <land-speed@autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, January 05, 2005 9:45 AM
Subject: Re: Engine Config


Front end - needle - rear end - brick - use the factor of a motorcycle.

Only the free turning rear wheels create a Cd number which is far away from
"aerodynamic"

See ya

Pork Pie


>
> Does anybody have a guess as to what the Cd and frontal area would be for
a
> top fuel or funny car?  We could then calc the hp fairly accurately for
the
> end hp...






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