Originally Posted by seaball
no, it's still really flawed. the weigh distribution is different. the ackermann is different. i don't even know if the camber links and such can be duplicated. the chassis stiffness is off. not to mention the cg is different, etc.
it would suffice to say any difference in efficiency from one to the other is negligible. right now the belt cars are winning because the belt drive train allows for other more favorable attributes in other areas of the car like steering geometry. not to mention the quality of the production. it is not related to rip.
I own both and the LCG has the stiffness of a wet noodle...I prefer the BD.
the camber links are close, a lot of the suspension on both cars are close but they handle way different.