Vehicle stats database

[Ward Spoonemore]

This is a good idea jason, and you are correct according to Newton.
I would like to know the URL for this dbase ? EPA is a pain, and are light
trucks on the same dbase ?
Ward

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-diy_efi at efi332.eng.ohio-state.edu
> [mailto:owner-diy_efi at efi332.eng.ohio-state.edu]On Behalf Of
> Jason_Leone at amat.com
> Sent: Wednesday, March 03, 1999 9:45 AM
> To: diy_efi at esl.eng.ohio-state.edu
> Subject: Vehicle stats database
>
>
> <<The point?  This is all just basic physics.  You have to know
> your weight
> and gearing and guess pretty good at things like frontal area and drag
> coeffiecient for this to be accurate.  If you've got a chassis dyno
> plot to compare against, it's pretty easy to figure the unknowns in.>>
>
> You know, the "Car Test" program has over 900 cars in it's
> database. It has the
> gear ratios, test weight, coefficient of drag, and the surface
> frontal area. It
> can be a good program to compare/contrast different vehicles and their
> performance.
>
> Examples:
>           '98 Chevy Camaro SS
>           3510 lb. test weight (w/ driver)
>           .34 Coefficient of Drag
>           22 sq.ft. Frontal Area
>
>           '92 VW Corrado SLC
>           3000 lb. test weight (w/ driver)
>           .32 Coefficient of Drag
>           19.4 sq.ft. Frontal Area
>
>           '97 BMW M3 Dinan
>           3440 lb. test weight (w/ driver)
>           .32 Coefficient of Drag
>           20.2 sq.ft. Frontal Area
>
> Jason
> '93 SLC
>
>