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Re: aerodynamic drag and body style
Back in the day a few stock and S/S cars ran a vinyl roof claiming the pebble on the texture was worth some MPH,however small the gain was.FWIW,Jason Line's Buick GS has a vinyl roof...gsa612
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This Chevy II has a All Pro RR 427 sbc we're getting ready to race with a 300hp NOS cheater plate per the rules of DXP Street, the car will be around 140mph 1/8 mile. We have the bumpers off for chroming but we still gotta ad a splitter under the front bumper. I'm more curious about the wake behind the car. Do you know anyone who has added a rear deck spoiler? This is a leafspring 275 radial car with a set of shocks on the back with a two way adjuster on rebound the azz of the car is up at the stripe to keep the nose down, you may have seen this on radial tire cars, not real conventional for drag racing but the shocks help get the power in the car early no wheely bar allowed by rules. I'm just fishing around for Ideas, I think we can keep the air from under the car fairly easily.with a chin spoiler under the front bumper. Are these chevy II's known for wake issues? the rear deck is long relatively speaking. I was thinking rear deck spoiler, not sure, looking around for experience with these cars. Would rather no spoiler. Thanks ahead of time . Last edited by Mike Rietow; 08-09-2020 at 12:51 AM. |
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08-09-2020, 01:21 AM | #23 |
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Re: aerodynamic drag and body style
Larry, you have e-mail.
Sorry couldn't get the excel to post here are you still using the "Woodfinlarry" mail?
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Re: aerodynamic drag and body style
This car was pretty aero..
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Sorry no chart
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Wagon.....It slow the car down a MPH with the rear factory spoiler!
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Re: aerodynamic drag and body style
Just for discussion purposes.
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Re: aerodynamic drag and body style
Billy, that's just a justification for not doing body work.
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Great video and thanks for sharing.
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08-09-2020, 10:41 AM | #30 |
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Re: aerodynamic drag and body style
Looking at that RMS pic notice the ground hugging stance that the vehicle has---Air going underneath a car is "dirty air" and its trapped in all the nooks and crannies---better off getting the air to go over or around rather than UNDER for this reason---Why do you think NHRA has a blurb in the rule book about no underbody streamlining??? Just for that reason. FED 387
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