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Old Jan 22, 2006 | 08:48 PM
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I've searched high and low with little luck. Honda says the AP2's CD is 5% lower than the AP1. No mention of the CD nor the frontal area. Numbers vary when I googled the question. Anyone have the actual numbers?


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Old Jan 22, 2006 | 09:01 PM
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I don't understand your question. I have an AP1 and an AP2.
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Old Jan 22, 2006 | 09:04 PM
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Originally Posted by Kyras,Jan 22 2006, 10:01 PM
I don't understand your question. I have an AP1 and an AP2.
coefficient of drag
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Old Jan 22, 2006 | 09:04 PM
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simple question, looking for the Coefficient of Drag and frontal area for either the AP1 or AP2. I'm not picky
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Old Jan 22, 2006 | 09:07 PM
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OH! I thought you meant something about the Compact Disc player. I don't know the answer, in any case.
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Old Jan 24, 2006 | 03:07 PM
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( Why ? Don't make me crank the numbers from sun dude's graphical simtunnel....
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Old Jan 24, 2006 | 05:29 PM
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you can probably estimate the frontal area pretty well. Take a photo of the car straight on, make a grid using the track as a reference length.

then, if you know the s2000 is drag limited stock you back calculate the Cd.

Or if you don't need to know the actual number and just want to know how much faster the car will go with X more power, than you could just use a ratio and knowing the stock power and drag limited top speed.
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