Drag coefficient?

wombatone Seriously Crusin Dubber

167 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 31 Aug 2003, 6:17 pm

#80578

any one know the drag coefficient of a 71 beetle. I need to know for an assignment i'm doing. even a ballpark figure would be helpfull.

Peter Leonard Moderator Volatile

1,456 posts · joined Apr 2003 · 31 Aug 2003, 6:34 pm

#80586

yeah, i'd like to know too, then we'd know why at 100 Mph it's like drowning in quickset concrete.
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anyone?

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VWCOOL 23 Windows of Awesome

5,158 posts · joined Jun 2003 · 31 Aug 2003, 9:51 pm

#80736

About .44

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wombatone Seriously Crusin Dubber

167 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 31 Aug 2003, 10:09 pm

#80750

thanks

Baja Wes V6 Baja Pioneer

3,119 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 1 Sep 2003, 9:05 am

#80849

The only figure I ever found was 0.458. That's pretty pathetic, and I reckon my Baja is even worse!

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2,946 posts · joined Jul 2003 · 1 Sep 2003, 1:56 pm

#80946

fyi: a Eunos 800 is .29... better than a 911 I think!

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