| Re: Aerodynamics
As I recall the numbers for the MK1's were about 250 lbs. of lift at 180 or 200 mph. Considering the front end of a car weighs around 800 lbs it is obviously not enough to pick it up off the ground even at 200MPH. The problem is the dynamics of the suspension and the surface the car is traveling on. Remember a few years ago when the Group C Mercedes flipped over, and they had gobs of down force. It had to do with the car pitching over bumps in the track as well as the track dropping off at the same point. Before 1970 pretty much all race cars had a fair amount of lift. It was just something you got used to. Kind of like power steering.
To get back to the point, replica and original GT40s have pretty much the same flat bottom and the bodies are virtually identical. I would expect the lift numbers to be the same.
Bill |