Originally Posted by
SlowerOne
Hi Edward, This issue comes up from time to time. The last time it came up to my knowledge there were a lot of learned and well-reasoned posts about how the weight distribution did this and the motor position did that and so on.
Then, along comes Mike Blackstock, multiple US National Champion and Worlds A Finalist in 12th, who says he has tried all this and it made his car handle worse with a balanced rear pod! That stopped the discussion stone dead!
Ignore it. Most of us won't be able to tell the difference, but Mike can and he says he leaves the motor where it is in the pod with no spacers. That's good enough for me! HTH
It was nice of Mike Blackstock to chime in about his experiences with pod balancing. However, it's rather strange that we go through all the effort to balance the main chassis. Yet, we completely disregard the balance of the rear pod.
The only benefit I see of balancing the rear pod is even tire wear and weight distribution on the rear tires.
What is the rear pods function? Function with the main chassis, ect.