(final scirocco cd #'s): Re: Insane speed in german cars... slightly OT, had to share...

[amalventano@sc.rr.com (Allyn)]

yea, i know its probably not super low cd or anything, but i do think its at
least decent. with huge steamroller tires, cams, exhaust, other mods, it still
manages to pull the occasional low 400's (miles) on a single tank of gas. i am
amazed that it does that with all that crap on there, but it keeps showing me
that it can. the rieger kit may have flares and stuff, but there arent any sharp
edges, everything is a gradual smoothed contour of sorts. i dont see this as
having a huge impact on cd. another thing i've noticed on the rieger is that i
get *no* push from crosswinds whatsoever. even when i go flying by a truck at
twice the speed. i always remember fighting the wheel trying that in any of my
previous sciroccos.
Al

----- Original Message -----
From: "Neal Tovsen" <nealtovsen@yahoo.com>
To: "Allyn" <amalventano@sc.rr.com>; "T. Reed" <treed2@u.washington.edu>;
"Scirocco List" <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
Sent: Wednesday, November 06, 2002 5:51 PM
Subject: Re: (final scirocco cd #'s): Re: Insane speed in german cars...
slightly OT, had to share...


>
> > side note: kamei x1 kit: still 0.38, but with even
> > further downforce effects
> > rieger kit??? no info, but im still researching it.
> > now all of this talk has got
> > me curious. anyone got a wind tunnel i can use???
>
> Sorry Allyn, but I'm not sure you'll find CD info for
> the Reiger kits. The Kamei kits really were
> "engineered products" and they actually did wind
> tunnel testing (I have the no-spoiler-vs.-spoiler
> comparison graph for downforce and CD that came with
> my mk1 spoiler), but the Reiger kits were primarily
> designed by Mr. Reiger in his garage to look cool.
> Nothing wrong with the Reiger kit, of course...just
> that I don't think you'll be satisfied with what you
> find (if you find anything) when you go looking for
> scientific performance data...
>
> Neal
>
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