Can you answer this question about aerodynamics on a stock car?
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Yes,but it's providing downforce to stick car to track better.The car is going to cut the air,and you sure don't want it to go under,then car would lift up and get airborn.
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short ram intake--"short" refering to the intake runner lenth.  As opposed to a "tunnel" ram intake\n\ncold air intake--ducting system to get (relatively) cold air into the carb/throttle body\n\nram air intake--uses motion of the car to "cram" air into carb/throttle body.  Think hood scoops on dragsters W-6 pontiacs, stuff like that
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Drifting in a FWD car is difficult, and can be dangerous.  Unless your car is tail heavy, it will be nearly impossible to pitch the rear end into a turn, in order to start the drift.  If you have a 50/50 weight proportion, you might have luck.  But if your car is front heavy like most FWD's, getting the rear to come around will be tough.  I've seen some stiff suspension setups on a Civic Hatchback that allowed it to drift, but that's one of the few exceptions I've seen with front drive.\n\nI don't recommend drifting though, because you can easily cause an accident.  I've hit a curb in my car trying this.
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You can increase the flow of air into the engine by changing the air cleaner.\nPut on a momo pipe, add NOS system to the car for an extra 50-100 HP at the flip of a switch.
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Ok assuming you are part of the real world and race on the street where they dont have a tree, sorry race chick. There are several things you can do to improve launch i have had a 89 mustang gt and i didnt do alot to the engine at first it was all about suspension and other things to get me off the line faster the first thing i done was put in a trunk mount battery kit to help waight transfer then 40/60 drag shocks fron edlebrock and eiback 1" lowering springs in the rear also i ran a pair of Nitto drag Radials and 3.73:1 rear gears you can email me @ williamb606@yahoo for specifics
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when the windows are rolled up the air in the car isn't moving as fast as the air outside the car. the air is moving as it would if the car were perfectly still almost
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That is because the fly IS moving at the speed at which the vehicle is moving. By the way, it DOES NOT hover at the same place. Suppose the fly is a little fast than the car , then it appears to the fly that the wind-shield is moving towards it and it then adjusts it's speed to remain in the same place( if it chooses to). In the same way in all other cases, it modifies it's speed.\n Someone above pointed to inertia. Remember inertia only acts if the fly or any other object is in contact with the moving object. Otherwise it does'nt come into picture.
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Professors at the Norweigen Aerodynamic Institute have studied this and their findings are as follows:\n\nRiders on specialized carbon fiber racing bikes can pick up almost 1/5th of a mile per hour when tested on a closed course. During the controlled testing sessions there was absolutely no cross winds. The fuel for the eye burning experiement was a specially prepared omlet stuffed full of cabbage, beans, and broccoli. \n\nGood luck and I hope you take the time to test this for yourself -- just remind me to stand up wind from your experiment.
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Well you can do something like a nitrous kit thats quick and easy, very cost effective. You can unlock that much with bolt ons too. Headers, full exhaust, cold air intake, plugs, wires, msd ignition box along with their new cap and rotor. Then get it tuned which is very under rated, you can unlock a lot of power through proper tuning. I dont mean hypercrap or supertrash chips but send you ecu to someone and get it tuned to your individual application and it even costs less to do it that way.
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Anything with RWD can be made to drift.  The Nissan 240SX is sort of the classic drift car, because they're well balanced and not too expensive, but you can drift anything that powers off the rear tires.  You may need to tweak the suspension a bit, especially for cars with less power.  Start by playing with the tire pressures, because it's cheap.  I'd recommend way OVERinflating the rears -- that reduces your overall grip at the rear but makes the breakaway much more stable.  (It's what I used to do in a FWD car that I autocrossed 15 years ago -- I could *almost* get a drift going in a VW GTI after setting up the shocks and tire pressures.  Let's just say that when I used to overcook a corner and spin it on course,  the back end would come around first...)\n\nThese days the only drifting I do is on gravel. :-)
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A question for the ages!  \n\nFound this on Relative Motion for ya...\n\nIt would depend if your windows are rolled up or not, If the windows are rolled up then the fly would continue to hover next to you, because when you accelerate all the air in the car with you would also accelerate, this would be a single reference frame.  If the windows were down or you would have a convertible with the top down and a rear windscreen and accelerated it would be possible to catch the fly in the rear windscreen because the air next to your head would remain in place as the car moved, although the fly would probably start flying to avoid the upcoming object.
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"I recommend, a New 2006 sleak aerodynamic fuel efficient fighter Stealth Broom."\n\nBah.  Just wait a couple of months, and the new 2007 ones will be coming out. ;)
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well an upgraded clutch and flywheel, helps hold the horsepower and tourque created by an enhanced engine. If you have done any serious motor upgrades(i.e. big turbo, bore, port polish and big time spray) yeah you need a better than stock clutch
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Also, you cant go by just numbers alone.  When a car has X amount of Horsepower and X amount of Torque that means its maximum of each at a certain RPM.  Some cars have high numbers but are slower than others.  My friend had a 350Z brand new.  I had a 15 year old 5.0 mustang stock.  My car was rated around 225 hp 300tq his was rated at 300hp 260tq.  His Z was much smaller and lighter and brand new.  My car spanked his at off the line, rolling, freeway, anything.  My car did not have a good max hp but it had good power throughout the rpms rather than just peaking at a certain rpm.  So you cant go by just hp,tq and weight.  You really have to just drive the car.
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The air inside the vehicle is moving the same speed as the vehicle. To the fly it's still air, unless a window is open, then the fly may not be able to fly normally.
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Its all aerodynamics. Different angle of incidence of air flow on different curvatures give much more flight and movement to a golf ball. This adds more thrill to the play
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Get a Mustang GT and a Paxton supercharger kit. You should be running 450-500 horsepower at the rear wheels with that setup.