The superbird that never was.

[odcics2]

That being said, the 1969 Daytona was superior in the wind tunnel, compared to the 71 B Body cars.

All the tunnel results are on aerowarriors.com

http://www.aerowarriors.com/gswtt.html

 

[alfaitalia]

Thats surprising.....the 71 certainly "looked" like a smoother airflow car. But on a street car aero is more important than downforce I guess....not so on the track!!!

 

[YY1]

Post 12 the Plymouth has a Daytona soured nose.

Post 13 the Dodge has a Super Bird nose.

The Daytona nosed definitely fit the 71 front sheet metal better.

The MPC model has a completely new nose design.

 

[odcics2]

The 68 - 70 B Body windshield to side glass transition is much better than the 71 and later cars.
The 69 500 rear glass is much better than the 71-74 b body. The 75 B body was terrible!

 

[Richard Cranium]

The 71 Charger had a similar rear window configuration as the 71 Torino which created the same aerodynamic problems. Even grafting a sloped nose onto the Torino (to create the King Cobra) couldn't overcome the rear window problem and the same held true for the Charger and Road Runner.

 

[Photon440]

 

[Hey-O]

The 71 Charger had a similar rear window configuration as the 71 Torino which created the same aerodynamic problems. Even grafting a sloped nose onto the Torino (to create the King Cobra) couldn't overcome the rear window problem and the same held true for the Charger and Road Runner.


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Did you know that the square wheel opening on the square body Chevy trucks were used for aerodynamics. they were more efficient.

 

[odcics2]

Never heard that!
Where did you read about it?

 

[odcics2]

The .29 drag coefficient number for the 69 Daytona was taken from DC-93 in the Lockheed Wind Tunnel.