Originally Posted by
fyrstormer
In the case of FWD, less weight in the front is actually a bad thing. If you want to save a couple grams of weight on a FWD car, use a softcase LiPo.
My experince with fwd is that the motor hanging over the front should be moved as much as possible rearward. FWD is not only about traction, it is also about how the car handles corner entry, midcorner and through fast chicanes.
In full scale fwd racing most notably with supertouring tacing cars the engine was moved as much as possible to the rear, touching the bulkhead/firewall to improve the handling. Cars with heavy V6 engines or longitudal mounted engines were normally struggling in this race format.