Re: Top speed top up

[Ed Lutz <edlutz@domain.elided>]

Your correct on the aerodynamics Michael. Top down aerodynamics stink,
top up the movement of the top and the uneven surface with the top
frame poking up isn't much better. I like my Spider though, its a great
toy for cruising around the mountains. Top speed runs however are not
its game.

Ed

Saturday, April 06, 2002, 11:39:12 PM, you wrote:

CMS> It would surprise me if an open car would achieve a higher top speed than a 
CMS> closed one of the same specification, even if the "closed" car were to have 
CMS> a soft top. Maybe an open car with Brooklands type screens and a cockpit 
CMS> fairing might do better than a close one with windshield in place but the 
CMS> drag over an ordinary open car's windshield and cockpit is huge. One of the 
CMS> many reasons I dislike convertibles is that at anything over about 40 mph 
CMS> they are intolerably windy. I spend a good deal of my driving time 
CMS> considerably above 40 mph, windows up, sunroof shut and stereo on.....
CMS> Michael Smith
CMS> Calgary, Alberta,Canada
CMS> 91 Alfa 164L

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