Originally Posted by JMURACN

"real car" racing is where i have been for the last 13 years. weight distribution is a very sensitive subject that has to do with suspension design, hp, which wheels drive the cars, etc.

in a rear wheel drive, 50/50 front and rear, and 50/50 cross weights are desired. in production cars this helps with consistency of handling and has less to do with traction (for power or turning).

in the scale RC world it is a different animal, especially in electric. the power in the 1/10 and 1/8 scale cars is significantly more than the full size "real" car.

the only thing in "real" car work that would compare is actually F1 (IMHO). F1 cars arent running around with flexable bodies, weird chassis lay outs (they have stricter rules) and they arent racing off road and jumping gaps easily 10 times the size of the car.