How aerodynamics help make a car go faster

If you are a fan of car racing games, you are probably aware that car design and aerodynamics play an important role in a car’s speed. That is because car design makes up the aerodynamics of a car and speed is not the only factor affected by aerodynamics.

Also, aerodynamics is not only important for a fast car but also for a standard passenger car; in fact, you might be surprised to learn that some of these passenger cars have a better design in terms of aerodynamics than a sports car. Before going into more detail about the topic, let’s start with answering the basic questions: “What is aerodynamics, and what affects the aerodynamics of a car?”

You probably do not notice while you are walking down the street or driving at low speeds in your car, but the surrounding air displays resistance to you or your car. Actually, any solid object moving through the air is met with this resistance, and the study of the interactions between the air and these solid bodies is called aerodynamics. A car with good aerodynamics cuts through the wall of air in a more efficient way. Two separate forces make up the aerodynamics, and there are special techniques and materials used to test the aerodynamics of a car.

If you would like to learn more about these techniques and how automotive aerodynamics is measured, this video is here to answer your questions. Apart from learning technical information about vehicle aerodynamics, you will also learn interesting details such as why designers chose certain shapes like “raindrop” as well.

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[Interestingengineeringofficial]

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[ONameNotFound]

A very good example is the mg ex 181. With only a 290 hp 1.5 liter inline 4 it reached 395km/h (245mp/h) in 1957. After that they tuned the engine up to have 300hp in 1959 and it reached a top speed of 410km/h (254mp/h). It has a drag coefficient of 0.12.

[evann]

The first question. It really depends on what aspect of aerodynamics you’re talking about. If you only focus on drag coefficient. Then race cars are the worst in aerodynamics. But if you look at the use of aerodynamics and downforce. Then race cars are better than every road car. They are designed to make as much downforce as possible at the expense of more drag and “dirty air” behind it

[goodguy]

I love to learn more about car engineering 😅😅

[jeladsnikpoh]

What is my favorite (relatively) aerodynamic vehicle? Unquestionably the Chevrolet Corvette. A sports car that needs downforce, massive tires, and air ducts everywhere for cooling, etc. (hard to achieve a low Cd. with these requirements!). A stupid-fast car with V8 power that easily achieves over 30MPG if driven accordingly, looks gorgeous, surprisingly practical, reliable, and (relatively) easily obtainable. 'Murica 🇺🇸

[prajwalchavan]

An F1 can literally drive upside-down thanks to downforce or in this case up-force

[briangeorgeabraham]

This video gave me a spark for engineering

[uzmafarooqui]

Nailed the intro with the BMW E26 M1, 3.5 inline 6 symphony😍

[mithilagrawal]

Nice efforts you put in to make these videos 👍

[superfly]

the penguin is very aero and hydro dynamic i think.

[arjunb]

Tesla Model S at 0.208 drag coefficient is currently the aerodynamic champion!

[sohamsaxena]

DS Survolt. Guess it's more of a show than drive, but that was my best Asphalt 8 car and I explored about it

[moustafaalbatran]

give two reasons why this wedge shape allows the car to move as fast as possible

[jmhyvii]

remember, the drag coefficient doesn't matter too much if there isn't enough downforce to keep it from flying off the track

[contagiousingenuityagency]

To answer your question at 0:07, none of the above. The gen 1 Honda Insight is the most aerodynamic of them all.

[royhsieh]

i am still waiting for someone to put Meredith effect into automobile designs

[ChickenIsFried]

My teacher showed us this class during auto class, goated video.

[_jstatic]

I would like to see the bmw M1 at 200 mph vs mini van at 200 mph test raindrop shape vs arrow shape.

[mandoh]

My favorite is a 93 Volvo coefficient of .31... And a 2000 bmw 740il ... Good times...

[vaishnavraj]

It's a shame to not mention CYBERTRUCK..😂😂😂