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Old 07-28-2003, 03:26 PM
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Doug,

"horsepower required for given speed"

What you really need is an aero model of the car. At high speed the majority of the horsepower produced is used to overcome the aero drag of the vehicle. A cobra swallows up a whole bunch of air with its open nose, these cars are really not at there best above about 150 without the use of an airdamn and other tricks.

No simple answer to your question...
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