Originally Posted by
yyhayyim
Adrian,
Why are you still designing them with 1/12 scale front ends? Cant they be made so that you have front suspension like 1/10 TC's to have better front travel and help prevent blowovers? It doesnt have to be like today's TC front arms, C-hubs, etc...but at least shocks and a shock tower? Is this possible and would it work better than the 1/12 front ends or the 1/12 type front ends are superior than the TC style front ends?
For a few reasons:
1. The Associated dynamic strut front end
is a 1/10th and 1/12th front suspension system. When setup for 1/10th cars it uses longer king pins and springs for more travel.
2. It is simple and inexpensive. If sedans are slowing down because of price and over complexity why in the world would we want to head in that direction with Pro-10 cars?
3.So far no one has been able to figure out a better pan car front suspension. The Velodrome pan cars use a more sedan like independent front suspension but it is heavy and it makes the car slower for road course. HPI had a really trick front suspesnsion on their Pro-10 car back in the day but their team drivers switched to the AE suspension because, once again, it was faster.