[W126 Coupe] question for dan landiss

Dan Landiss dan at landiss.com
Wed Mar 16 17:04:18 EST 2005


Shayegan, Richard wrote:

>Dan,
>   In your topspeed excel spreadsheet, where did you get your frontal
>area data? I've seen different numbers online (online I see 22.59 and
>you have 24.7).
>
Really don't remember! One possibility is that it was computed back from 
some wind drag data published by Car & Driver 
<http://landiss.info/mbz/380sec05.gif>. Someone from this list (Carl 
G.?  Carl L.?) was also working with me on refining the equations, so he 
may have had some input also.

In any case, it will also vary with different tires and improvements can 
be made by lowering the suspension, so I am a bit surprised that Carl 
and I got as close as we did!

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