Check out last month's car and driver, near the front, there's a review
of a book on Formula 1 technology. In the article about the book, it's
mentioned that because of aerodynamic downforce crreated by the body
and winds, when a Formula 1 driver lets off the accelerator, the
decellerative g-forces are greater than when a NASCAR driver slams on
the brakes..

So vanagons have something in common with F1 cars...

Jim

On Mar 5, 2004, at 6:18 PM, Jim Heissenbuttel wrote:

> Actually, just let off the gas. We don't need the runaway ramps when we
> have wind resistance at our disposal. I've seen the drag coefficient
> (Cd) of the Vanagon Westy quoted at .44, which is extremely high. It
> really is a breadbox on wheels.
>
> jh
> 83.5 Westy "Breadbox"
>
> Begin forwarded message:
>
>> (scary as hell tho...expecially when you see those "runaway truck
>> ramps"
>> and signs to "check your brakes"
>