Man this is excellent, I love reading through it.... Talks all about the design and its purpose http://www.mitsubishi-motors.co.jp/PDF-E/evo8.pdf

says that the new front end adds alot of downforce with nearly adding no extra drag..

 

fact or no fact, if someone doesn't want to believe something they won't thats it... lets just drop the credibility issue. I've seen alot of mechanics that can barely talk let alone spell so back to the subject on hand

 

Just to add something that you all may not realize, and hasn't come up here, but drag is related not only to the coefficient of drag, but also to the frontal area size (literally a full front 2D snapshot).

Some of these cars may all have similar Cd, but those with smaller frontal area (ie S2000), are still going to have less of a drag force on it.


The Evo not only has a poor Cd compared to other cars (yes .01 is a large number), but also has a very large frontal area.

 

ma nit would be great if we could make use of the formula for CD, there are figures that we don't have however to calculate the evo's CD

 

here's an idea, finish ur work before going on internet forums

 

whatever, just post a reference to Mitsubishi's statement or announcement or press release info or whatever which states teh Evo has 0.36 Cd or just shut up
im not gonna believe a fuzzy screenshot from a video i've never seen before expecially when the existing details are sketchier then a 2 year old's colouring book

 

https://www.evolutionm.net/forums/sh...Data+Questions

This guy says its .36 acording to best motoring, that is a JDM evo spec

 

here are the best motoring videos for download http://www.racingflix.com/forum/disp...1&ThreadPage=1

 

if this means anything it says evo VII's CD is .33 which would make ours .32, but it looks like some dude typed it himself http://tuneman1.tripod.com/mitsu-evo-viii.txt

wow mitsu claims this concept car from 1987 has a CD of .20

 

which video there are like 20

 

I am an aeronautical engineer and TearItUp is right. When you compare these cars, make sure you are comparing apples to apples. Drag=Cd*0.5*density*velocity^2*Area. If you want to say one car has more drag than another, you must know the reference area (usually the cross-sectional area of the car). The Cd is a good comparison of relative aerodynamic shape, but to say one car has less drag than another at speed because of a lower drag coefficient is not accurate. A large teardrop shape may have a Cd of 0.1, but high drag due to the large area. Just my 2 cents to this ridiculous thread...

 

wags can u calculate the cd of the evo just for laughs... i'm curious as to what it is i could care less if its high or low because the cars aerodynamics serve their purpose whatever drag they add or don't add.... just something i'd like to know

 

My DSM has a CD of 0.29

 

that's true but the title of this thread is not drag, it's Cd. And it would be interesting to see a total drag number for the vehicles in question. do you have the capacity (ie. data) to calculate this information?

 

Directed at all
If you want better sell your car and get a Jet. CD is so minute it is not worth argueing over.