Many months back there was some question as to the drag coefficient. While
reading the May issue of Road & Track, I noticed Engineering Editor for R&T
and fellow Morgan owner Dennis Simanaitis had written an article titled "My
PC Morgan."
Dennis was writing a review of a piece of software that calculates various
auto performance data. As a test he uses his 1965 Morgan Plus 4 four
seater. One of the more interesting items is that with collected data
about the car, the software was able to come up with the coefficient of
drag, .596. This was done top down.
This begs the next question, drag wise, where does a Morgan fall in
relation to barn doors and pile of bricks? Then again, in the world of
Morgans, who really cares as long as its a nice Spring day and there is a
nice bit of road out there.
Steve Bauserman
67 Morgan 4/4
83 Mercedes 300SD
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