Originally posted by LittleFishie:
Now that we are into aerodynamics, I have another question.
Unawiper. What happens to the co-efficent of drag then? Not to mention when you get the ones to match the color of the car? More or less drag? Or is color a variable too???
SOOO MANY QUESTIONS!
Actually the Unawiper is an interesting phenomenon... it actually creates a vacuum in FRONT of the car because it is so efficient at reducing drag. This vacuum causes the car to simply move forward due to the air pressure difference alone. Hence the need for yellow calipers to hold the car in place when at a stop light. This is why Hondas are so fast. Why just the other day I was at a stop light next to a Honda Civic with a unawiper - I could see the brakes heating up from trying to hold the car still against the pressure gradient. I ALMOST beat him from the light though! I bet if I hadn't started in 3rd and had the parking brake on I may have had a chance... I'm sure his bookshelf wing and windshield banner added a lot more power too, but I bet the wiper was the difference in that race.
