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Re: Cubes- frontal area = Speed?

To: Dan Warner <dwarner@electrorent.com>, Keith Turk <kturk@ala.net>
Subject: Re: Cubes- frontal area = Speed?
From: Wester S Potter <wspotter@jps.net>
Date: Tue, 06 Feb 2001 06:58:20 -0800
Or ...

500 cc ... 224 mph,  1000 cc ... 282 mph,  Lingua streamliner.  Frontal
area?

Wes


on 2/6/01 4:26 AM, Dan Warner at dwarner@electrorent.com wrote:

> Keith,
> 
> I'll revise my equation to "more inches (generally) = more speed" for
> example:
> 
> 1275 cc Sprite = 100 mph (fingers crossed)
> 
> 454 ci = 200 mph (sometimes, depends on 100's of factors, fingers
> not crossed as tightly)
> 
> Dan

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