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Re: Cubes- frontal area = Speed?

To: Wester S Potter <wspotter@jps.net>
Subject: Re: Cubes- frontal area = Speed?
From: Dave Dahlgren <ddahlgren@snet.net>
Date: Tue, 06 Feb 2001 09:05:05 -0500
My kind of car small light fast..
dave

Wester S Potter wrote:
> 
> 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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