ZR1 Engineering....Drag....again

Bogie · 07-06-2008, 12:12 AM

The mighty ZR1 drag coefficient is 0.36.

At first one might think...Whoa, why so high?

Well, I've been reading up on the engineering, and they gotta move a lot of air through this baby to cool stuff. And a big worry was lift. They worked real hard to reduce lift. And I guess that comes at a price in drag.

Why is it so important to reduce lift on a car that can go 200 mph?

Maybe THIS will help explain it.

**Skip** · 07-06-2008, 12:40 AM

Its a bird Its a plane. It sure tant superman...its an auto....Skip...

Elff · 07-06-2008, 01:55 AM

That's insane.
The driver must have been like
WTF???
Then

fr0stb1t3 · 07-06-2008, 04:39 PM

All the extra drag most likely comes from the extra downforce.

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07-06-2008, 04:39 PM	#4 (permalink)
fr0stb1t3 Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Highland Park, Texas Posts: 350 My Photos: (0)	All the extra drag most likely comes from the extra downforce.

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