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Re: Weight distribution?

To: <land-speed@autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: Weight distribution?
From: <staiger3@starband.net>
Date: Fri, 16 Jul 2004 16:16:14 -0400 (EDT)
To continue this thread, since production bodies are short and wide, what
have LSRs found to be a good weight distrabution for a door slammer on the
salt? or does this question become one of CP verses CG and keeping them
apart?

John


> Hi Paul - The CG of a rear drive streamliner is so far back it's hard to
> get the CP back far enough - It's more a mater of livable instability
> and keeping the front heavy enough to overcome any lift in the body -
> Low narrow cars with pointy tails are less spin prone than production
> body cars - Front drive streamliners don't need to trade traction for
> safety .






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