Originally Posted by
waitwhat
You seem to have missed the part about rearranging the components to balance everything and having more ballast to tune the cars weight distribution. A regular pack means the weight of the components is spread further between the axles. Concentrating the weight and moving it forward means the car will change directions more quickly and take less to get the car to stop changing direction. It makes it so it takes less steering input to get the car to change direction, which means it scrubs less speed to corner.
The weight distribution is already roughly where I want it and I have a slight forward bias. I'd just be removing battery weight and replacing it with lead. I don't have enough room in the chassis centreline to add ~100g of weight, and I'd lose more voltage over the run with a smaller battery. The only room I have to add weight is in the rear of the chassis, where I don't want it.
