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Originally Posted by SuperSound
Yea but drag due to aero is always present. Just gets magnified at speed, but it would still impact performance at highway speeds. Someone needs to create an effective gearing chart for both. That will shows us quickly what impact the gears have. Then aero would be the only thing left.
Also just remember hearing this. A Ford engineer is on the TFL review talking about the the car being limited to 155(guessing the PP does away with that?) But they also talk about the new spoiler causing drag at those speeds and pulling it off, it could go higher. So there's drag on the GT too. I'm more inclined to believe gearing is the reason, but need to see what the RPMs/speed are for each.
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There is drag on EVERY car. And normally, aerodynamic engineering on cars focuses mostly on reducing drag. But, the 1LE includes components added to the regular SS, to increase downforce for better cornering ability, which in this case increases drag.
And keep in mind, the components added need to add more downforce during the SLOWEST parts of the track - the turns. So to be effective, the aero bits have to be pretty significant. Which will have significant effects on drag, even at the lower speeds. But we are talking over 150MPH.