[joemackjoe]

Does anyone know how much drag you'd get from the Ford
non-functional hood scoop compared to none? How 'bout from rear quarter scoops? Just wondering if anyone felt/feels a difference, I imagine quarter louvers add negligible drag. I got my Mustang with the non-funct hood scoop and am wondering if it adds considerable drag, and weighing out quarter louvers vs scoops.

[Thereaper]

How fast are you planning on going to worry about drag.

[stlwagon]

I don't think there is any perceptible drag.

[joemackjoe]

Just wondering if it was considerable-mostly in just day to day road driving, but looks like there won't be much, if any, drag.

[kenneth]

The body style is not really areodynamic to start with.

[stlwagon]

Originally Posted by kenneth

The body style is not really areodynamic to start with.

Good point... It's kind of like a brick with wheels.

[joemackjoe]

heh, so I thought I could hide my F in high school physics for the rest of my life....

[stlwagon]

Originally Posted by joemackjoe

heh, so I thought I could hide my F in high school physics for the rest of my life....

Good one!

[thomasusmc]

ahh, HS Physics, if only things were as easy now.....

[EagleAutosports]

I hated physics in school...

Anyway, you shouldn't be getting up to a speed that those items would add drag in the first place. They're not that intrusive at speeds less than 80-90 mph.

[blk281gt]

After you install them it is a good excuse to get more mods to compensate ( just in case)!

[Ragnar]

Wouldn't it be better to ask what affect a chin spoiler would have.

In terms of the hood I will say my ram air hood catches more air and the hood floats more than stock. I don't know if that results in more drag. Some of the strangest looking cars have low drag coeffecients. I remember some chevy sedans being lower than the Vette.

Check out this article:
http://www.mustangsandmore.com/ubb/D...odynamics.html

And here's a related article on this forum:
http://www.allfordmustangs.com/forum...2005-07-a.html

And here's an article containign vehicle comparisons:
Automobile drag coefficients - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

[mrpepsi]

Originally Posted by stlwagon

Good point... It's kind of like a brick with wheels.

With just enough horsepower to the move teh brick at a nice speed.

[pikapp]

Oww, my head hurts from reading the posts from Ragnar and then trying to comprehend it all. think I'll just wait for the movie to come out

[joemackjoe]

So, what effect would the chin spoiler have? Thank everyone, by the way, for the good information.