rec.autos.simulators

In a nutshell, I am looking for any information about road testing of cars
for measuring things like aerodynamic drag and rolling resistance of
various tires.  Any and all information - including pointers to
periodicals, www sites and/or ftp sites - would be greatly appreciated.
We would like to start testing last year's car ASAP in order to improve
this year's car.  Plus, I need to compile my research by next Thursday,
the 27!  :)

Also, if anyone is interested in knowing more about the team in general,
feel free to drop me a line!  I've posted before and have recieved a few
notes from people who were interested - I apologize for not replying in so
long.  I will make every effort to reply to those messages.  Thanks in
advance,

Personally, I think hybrid is the future of city cars. They seem much
more suitable to the stop and go driving than gasoline-powered cars do.

: In a nutshell, I am looking for any information about road testing of cars
: for measuring things like aerodynamic drag and rolling resistance of
: various tires.  Any and all information - including pointers to
: periodicals, www sites and/or ftp sites - would be greatly appreciated.

your university used to be affiliated with Cornell Aeronautical Lab
in Buffalo, NY. They were the premier automotive research and testing
facility. They have a wind tunnel, full-scale testing facility, and
TIRF, a tire testing machine, among things of interest to your project.

They've been sold and are now known as Calspan/Arvin Industries.

You might do a bit of digging in your library database and look for
such buzzwords as TIRF,CAL, Calspan.
If that doesn't work try aerodynamics, tire testing, etc. and look
for NHTSA & FHWA contracts to Calspan and/or CAL and you'll find a
gold mine.

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later,
kc