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Drag coefficient?

https://forums.aussieveedubbers.com/threads/9899/drag-coefficient

wombatone · 31 Aug 2003, 6:17 pm

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 · 31 Aug 2003, 6:34 pm

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?

VWCOOL · 31 Aug 2003, 9:51 pm

About .44

wombatone · 31 Aug 2003, 10:09 pm

thanks

Baja Wes · 1 Sep 2003, 9:05 am

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

oval TOFU · 1 Sep 2003, 1:56 pm

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