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Old 09-18-2005, 07:06 PM
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cells mounted from front to rear allow you to narrow the chassis up quite a bit.the cells are pretty much squared up in physical size but the weight is not evenly distributed from edge to edge.the cells are heaviest at there centerline which means when they are mounted front to rear you are moving the majority of the cars weight closer to the centerline.this will result in a car that rolls less.it will change direction faster and be less prone to oversteer through chicanes.you do not loose all of the roll it is just lessened which in the testing we have done with our 1/12th kit,it seemed to work out better for us.we tried alot of things such as battery placement horizontally and vertically,placement front to rear,changing roll center with pocketing under the t plate and wheelbase.battery config seemed to work the best front to rear,lowering the t plate didnt work very good(too much rear traction created a push)we shortened the wheelbase slightly and due to different racing conditions made the battery adjustable from front to rear.all and all,for what we were looking for,this is what worked well for us.
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