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Old Aug 24, 2014 | 09:08 PM
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Need help! Need to know the drag coefficient & frontal area of the c7 stingray. Doing some crazy math and physics and couldn't find this info. Thanks!
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I think it's .29
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Thanks! Is the frontal area 20 ?

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Drag coefficient Cd is given as 0.29 in the official GM brochure spec section.

See it here: http://www.chevrolet.com/content/dam...ure_110513.pdf

Frontal area is not reported, but you can figure it out with a good frontal picture and some graphics software with scaling and area calculation like Autocad, or just draw a grid on top of the car and count the squares.
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Originally Posted by jrwood
Need help! Need to know the drag coefficient & frontal area of the c7 stingray. Doing some crazy math and physics and couldn't find this info. Thanks!
What are you trying to achieve with 'Crazy Math and Physics? I can help you if you are specific and polite.
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The C5's frontal aero is 20.7 sq ft and the C6 is 21.0 sq ft.

Since the C7 is slightly lower than the C6 but several inches wider, I would guess the frontal area is slightly more than 21.0 sq ft.
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