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Old 01-09-2005, 04:11 PM
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Originally Posted by lars-ss
13% runs the car, consisting of 3% aerodynamic drag, 4% rolling resistance loss, and 6% braking resistance loss.
These figures might be correct at a certain (slow) speed but I'm almost certain that aerodynamic drag consumes the biggest percentage of the power avaliable from the engine.
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