> I seem to remember a question about these figures the other day, but
> I didn't keep the post. By chance I found the following from an
> Autocar review of the TR7, comparing it to the TR6. Both drag
> coefficient figures are for US cars: TR6 - 0.44, TR7 - 0.396.
>
> Hope its of use to someone,
>
> --
> William Davies
Hmm, I'm finding all of this aerodynamics talk so I did some searching
around and came upon http://home.hiwaay.net/~lemay/tbls.html.
For TRs the page provides the following info:
Vehicle Year and Model
Cd
Area (m2 )
Area (ft2 )
Cd x m2
Cd x ft2
'80 Spitfire
0.420
1.437
15.47
0.60
6.50
'72 Stag
0.380
1.693
18.23
0.64
6.93
'68 TR-250
0.450
1.562
16.82
0.70
7.57
'82 TR-7
0.360
1.765
19.00
0.64
6.84
'82 TR-8
0.360
1.765
19.00
0.64
6.84
Of some interest this website may be also:
http://www.ihonk.com/h/speedcalculators/drag.html
Kai
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