This is why I luv Skylines

[tuner2be]

I cant imagine having so much power you can barely go in a straight line. It would be so much fun.

[NAiL05]

Until you lose control and hurt yourself dirty.

[Dv8]

thats dosn't say much for the Skyline

TRUST me

The Skyline really is a technological marvel. I dont discredit them at all, amazing machines. Nissan broke many barriers with the platform, and set many standards.

I just see them as frail compared to their main competitors.

[lil_dcb7]

The Skyline really is a technological marvel. I dont discredit them at all, amazing machines. Nissan broke many barriers with the platform, and set many standards.

I just see them as frail compared to their main competitors.

I dont doubt any of Nissan's technology at all. I think they are incredible cars. I just don't like them at all. I can appreciate them. But I have a passionate hatred for them.

Why?

Because they took Everything Toyota had.

And made it better

[owequitit]

IIRC, drag goes as v^2, it's the power needed to overcome it that goes as v^3. Correct me if I'm wrong.

I thought about this and went back and looked at the equations.

You are correct in that drag increases with the square of the speed.

Here is the drag equation:

D = 1/2 * rho * V^2 * CD * Sref

Here is the power required equation:

P = Tr *(1/2 * rho * V^2 * CD * Sref)* V)/325

Since the drag increases as the square, and the power required also has a velocity factor (V) in it, then the total power required increases as the cube of the speed, even though drag is increasing with the square.

So even though a car going 200MPH does not have three times the drag of a car going 100MPH, it still needs 3 times as much power. Since we need more power to go faster, that is what we are really interested in. With all else remaining constant, we can't control the increase in drag.

Also, it should be noted that in an effort to create high speed stability, and cooling etc. MOST sports cars have a poor Cd. You would expect them to be highly aerodynamic, but in many cases, their higher top speeds are a result of their small frontal area versus the coefficient of drag.

[NAiL05]

Well they have plenty of drag points because of the venting mainly. You gotta have vents and such to cool your car properly and plentifully when your doing 200+ or somewhere toward triple digit range. Lamborghini, Ferrari, Porsche, Bugatti you can see it all in tehre designs.