Hi Wes,
Yes it is long and that seems to make it very comfortable for the driver.
At least in Lakester where Gary says that it is like driving down the
highway. His reference is the Monza at less than 100" so from his
perspective, 2.5 times increase in WB makes things very manageable. I am
personally familiar with driving a 285" dragster that I built and that
thing is really easy to handle so I wasn't hesitaant at all in building a
300" liner.
The Lakester WB is 255 and we are shortening it to 220 this year to help
move the CG forward for safety. The WB in Streamliner is 300" to the
front/front wheel. The stability there is related directly to the steering
ratio. Am slowing the ratio back down for 2001 and installing
dampers/centering device to help find the elusive "straight ahead" steering
position. This should improve things in "Liner" and all come from racers
suggestions. Thanks guys!
I hope that this helps with any fears folks may have about long wheelbases.
Skip (Raining in Texas)
At 11:47 PM 2/22/01 , you wrote:
>Skip,
>
>Yours has the longest wheelbase I could think of ... aside from the one
>Marlo Treit is doing and the Herbert/Steen car. You're the only one of
>those on the list.
>
>Wes
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