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Old 04-19-2020, 07:18 PM
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Originally Posted by CristianTabush
Thought the same thing with the Gizmo. Then we tried the asymmetric design and we have not gone back...

From what we have discovered, we believe that it is more important to get the better flex characteristic of the front of the top deck with this design than with the split front which creates a ton of front flex. The XRAY deck mitigates this with the rear post flex system somewhat, however, testing many different types of top decks, the asymmetric gives the best steering/ grip/ laptime combination over the majority of surfaces we have tested it on across the planet, on different types of carpet, different grip levels and different asphalt. We have tried it on different platforms too, not just the Gizmo.

What I will add is that the bushing/bearing system is not effective on the asymmetric decks as the flex points move away from the bulkheads towards the center of the car.

FWIW, arguably the best TC of the past 2-4 years, (Awesomatix) has not run an asymmetric deck for a majority of the time. Cars no longer drive "tweaked" like back in the day, unless something is majorly wrong with them the design of the top deck is a compromise, but so are the split symmetrical decks.
Have you tried splitting the rear of the top deck rather than splitting the front? Or attaching a brace to stiffen the split once the belt is installed?
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