Originally Posted by supercrossfire
i cut the springs myself .................. the top of the cars roof was as up to my waist and im 5' 9"
Originally Posted by supercrossfire
but my dropped 97 eclipse man. the roofline was right at my hip bones and im 5'9 .
You've said this twice now and something just didn't sit right with me, so I did some research and took some measurements. Stock overall height for the 1997 Mitsubishi Eclipse is 50.2" (
http://autos.msn.com/research/vip/sp...pse&trimid=-1). You state that you are 5'9". I'm 6'1" with a 35" inseam and the top of my hip bone is 42" off the ground. One must assume that since I'm 4" taller than you and have a fairly long inseam, my hips should be approximately 4" higher off the ground than yours. To drop the Eclipse from an overall height of 50.2" to 42" (my hip height) you would need to cut 8.2" out of the springs. To drop the height to the level of your hips you'd need cut an additional 4" out of the springs, or a full 12" or more. Needless to say, I find this more than a bit difficult to believe.
Originally Posted by supercrossfire
if you look at the stats of a stock 1997 eclipse gs front wheel drive you will find out that the aero dynamics of the STOCK bumper alone is 0.99 i believe its called the coefficient drag or something like that not that has to do with anything but what other cars had that for stock bumper.
Drag coefficient on the '97 Eclipse is rated at 0.29, not 0.99. That figure of 0.29 is an excellent number by the way, indicating a very slippery shape indeed. A coefficient of drag at 0.99 would be something akin to my house. For the record, even something as horribly un-aerodynamic as a PT Cruiser has a coefficient of drag right around 0.39, and the difference between that and the Eclipse is HUGE. But drag coefficient really doesn't mean squat when it comes to how a car handles, just how efficiently it moves through the air. A Formula 1 car actually has an extremely high drag coefficient - right about 1.0 - partly due to the enormous downforce they generate, partly due to the open wheels and exposed suspension bits. Of course this number is highly variable since the wings are highly adjustable. Nonetheless, this drag coefficient ultimately limits their top speed but the downforce generated by the wings, and the super-glue like consistancy of the tires allows them to pull in excess of 5g laterally. Yet, even with all this, a Formula 1 car doesn't take every corner presented to it at full speed. Turn 1 at Silverstone may be taken flat out in 7th gear at around 170mph, but the hairpin at Monaco is taken at something closer to 30mph. Every other corner is somewhere in between.