Drag coefficient & frontal area
Burning Brakes
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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.
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.
Safety Car
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From: FLL Florida
Team Owner
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From: Springfield MO
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.
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.
