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Post by KiwiBacon »

spongerx wrote:For those that are bored:
http://www.vararam.com/ramairinaroadcar.html

Lots of numbers from Ram air tests
0.176psi at 100mph.
:D

BTW that's the max you can get. Any flow through the receiving funnel drops that pressure further.
At 100km/h it's a measly 0.07psi.
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Post by mattstar »

Thank you very much Spongerx & KIWIBacon, Thats awesome info, Cheers!! :armsup:
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Post by KiwiBacon »

mattstar wrote:Thank you very much Spongerx & KIWIBacon, Thats awesome info, Cheers!! :armsup:
Here's the formula for stagnation pressure.
P = 0.5*fluid density * velocity^2

velocity is metres per second (100km/h = 27.77m/s)
air density is roughly 1.2 kg per cubic metre
Pressure is in Pascals, there's around 101,300 to every 14.7psi.
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