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Originally Posted by dqhemi
There are a few. Some are more cusrory.
Best book is by Joseph Katz. Has good rules of thumb and lots of technical information.
You can also look for SAE papers....
John Buscema
XV Motorsports
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Do you by chance know the name of the book?
where would I find SAE papers?
I thought at one time I saw a book by steve smith on aerodynamics but I haven't seen it since.
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Here's a nice little read on the aerodynamics of a 1st gen Camaro.
http://www.yearone.com/enthusiast/r...18-21camaro.pdf
Notice how the front produces LIFT, and that's at relatively low speeds with a front spoiler. I can only imagine a brick like a '71 Chevelle would be even worse, frontal area is definitally worse. Gotta get that thing down to the ground with a rake, block of the grill, etc. if you'll ever have chance of keeping that thing on the ground at 200.
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thats a pretty good little read, The car that I am going to try to get to that speed is a 72 nova, I plan on a pretty big airdam, blocking the whole grill, except for the rad. opening., probably a piece of sheet alum. dzused over the grill/headlight area for top speed runs, I want to do all the proper research before I start cutting sheetmetal etc. I was going to use flush mount door handles, cut/tuck the rear bumper into the body etc....
I also plan on running an artmorrison chassis and fully itegrated cage...etc... with that chassis I should be able to set ride heights really low and make the bottom of the car flat.
as far as aero tricks it has crossed my mind to lower the leading edge of the hood to pomote downforce and then make the part of the fender that lines up with the hood come down to match the hood. but leave the outer edge of the fender stock so it doesn't disturb the body line.