Cw value??

[dutchbmw]

Who knows the Cw value of an e36 325i? Is there a site were listed all Cw values from many cars and maybe the frontal areas too?

[Andrewsd1985]

what the hell is a cw value?

[M3Daemon]

cw => wind resistance coefficient

Yeah, I would like to know the value for the e36 too. Can't find it anywhere...





Daemon

[dutchbmw]

The range for this values are normally from 0.25 to 0.45 Cw. The lower this number is, how better streamlined the car is...... [is this good english used ]

[M3Daemon]

That's right, the lower the number, the less wind resistance the body has (measured directly from the front, of course), hence the car is more streamlined.



Daemon

[roguesniper1]

I think, long time ago in a magazine it stated the 97 M3 sedan had a cw of .31

[enemigo]

Originally posted by dutchbmw@Apr 9 2004, 03:58 PM
Who knows the Cw value of an e36 325i? Is there a site were listed all Cw values from many cars and maybe the frontal areas too?

0.33. Not so good. Opel calibra rulez in this case