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Mower Building / Setup Help => Chassis => Topic started by: crazycraftsman on March 14, 2014, 09:38:02 pm
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Say going as wide as long would that effect cornering? Better to be a few inches longer than wider? Not looking for exact measurements, your secrets :P. just how they effect each other. Thanks for any info.
Owen
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I had read once in a stock car racing chassis book that a longer wheel base was better for dirt racing and a shorter wheel base was better for asphalt racing. Not sure if there was any truth to it. And of course that was stock car racing not mower racing.
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Lee, a longer wheelbase can be an advantage on dirt tracks of 3/8 mile or bigger. Quarter mile bullrings generally like a shorter wheelbase. Don't know about asphalt because the real men (and women, but not Danica) are on dirt racing open wheel cars or big block modifieds.
Bert
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Sounds about right bert. I couldn't remember all the details on dirt cars. I wasn't into dirt racing until I got into mower racing. Most of my car racing experience was with asphalt cars.