90TGP Posted January 4, 2003 Report Posted January 4, 2003 I was VERY surprised that the 1990 TGP has such a low drag coefficient compared to other sports cars. It has the same as a C5 Vette! TGP-0.299 C5 Vette-0.30 Viper GTS-0.35 DSM Vert-0.32 Skyline GTR-0.35 McLaren GTR-0.50 Jetta-0.36 Porsche 944 Turbo-0.33 80s 300ZX-0.33 80s Corvette-0.36 IROC Camaro-0.37 Turbo Thunderbird-0.36 Quote
Guest Posted January 5, 2003 Report Posted January 5, 2003 where did you find these #'s from their very interesting. Quote
90TGP Posted January 5, 2003 Author Report Posted January 5, 2003 I just typed drag coefficients into yahoo. Most of them came from a website that cars from the 80s and Supraforums.com. I think you can get a lot of them from car magazine websites [like motortrend]. Quote
GnatGoSplat Posted January 6, 2003 Report Posted January 6, 2003 Yeah, aerodynamics was a big thing when the W-bodies came out. One of the first advertisements I had ever seen for the then new 1988 Cutlass Supreme coupe was that it had a drag coefficient of 0.297. Quote
Guest Anonymous Posted January 6, 2003 Report Posted January 6, 2003 Not to sound stupid but what exactly do those numbers mean? Quote
GnatGoSplat Posted January 7, 2003 Report Posted January 7, 2003 Lower numbers are better, means less drag, better aerodynamics. On the other hand, if you like G-bodies or pretty much anything American from the early 80's, I guess you'd prefer higher numbers. Quote
Guest Anonymous Posted January 7, 2003 Report Posted January 7, 2003 Lower numbers are better, means less drag, better aerodynamics. That's what I thought it was. Thanks for the clarification. Quote
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