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RE: Never rains, but it pours! (Asutralian roadster sightings)

To: "Stephen McCartney" <sgam@hotmail.com>, <robbieharrison@mindspring.com>,
Subject: RE: Never rains, but it pours! (Asutralian roadster sightings)
From: snyler <marc@animalfirm.com>
Date: Mon, 4 Jun 2001 08:31:41 -0500
Stephen McCartney wrote

>Robbie,
>It's obvious you haven't actually done timed 0-60mph and 1/4 mile runs with 
>each paint job.  It's a scientific fact that light travelling in the red 
>spectrum travels further with less dissipation.  This ability to "cut 
>through" space actually reduces your drag coefficient significantly.  The 
>results are easily measured - a red paint job should be equivalent to a 10% 
>power increase.
>
>Really. ;)
>
>Cheers,
>
>Steve


Because red is has long wave-length  it would actually be the *slowest* 
of colors.  Purple would be fastest!   ;-)

-Marc T.



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