Aerodynamics

[Art708]

Does anyone know the drag coefficient for our cars? I think my vette was like .022 or thereabouts. A friend was looking at my car the other day and said, "man, you're sure pushing a lot of air with that thing." That got me to thinking about it....I thought we had fairly good aerodynamics on these cars.

[Greg@PacePerformance]

I have read that it is 0.33 from a pretty informed source.

[GRRRR8]

I have read the same from reliable info also.

[Chewy]

My '98 F150 has a CD of about .45... Anymore it's hard to tell by the looks IMO.

[wreckwriter]

http://www.g8board.com/forums/showthread.php?t=4822&highlight=coefficient

[Greg@PacePerformance]

^^^^^^^
Yup that is where I got my info. I have eaten dinner with that guy a few times.

[macgto]

Corvette coefficient of drag, according to Motor Trend is .28. Most modern cars fall somewhere between .30-.33.

mac

[jnak]

The Chevrolet Traverse has a coefficient of 0.33. Either it's amazingly aerodynamic for its size, or our cars kinda suck in this area.

http://www.roadandtrack.com/article.asp?section_id=10&article_id=7073