Originally Posted by
nubs
Yes, bodies play a huge role in handling. But you can generally offset those with changes in setup. When do you notice that your back end is getting loose? Slowing down for turns? Speeding up in corners?
Thanks all for the input.
Last night I did a little experiment. for the first pack I ran the Porsche body. It is very tail happy on high speed "trail braking", very typical of a full scale rear engine Porsche.
Still with the Porsche body I installed the wheel/tire combo from the SX4 body. Not quite as sensitive to but still exhibited a lot of over steer off throttle.
I then put the SX4 body on it and the car is substantially better, turn in may not be quite as good but it is a major improvement in high speed stability.
Lastly I ran the car with no body and it is an understeering pig, I mean even doing a Swedish flick I could barely get the rear end to break free.
That was a pretty neet experiment. I think I now have to try a more race inspired body to see what she will do.
Cheers,
Jim