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Weight bars
THE FRENCHTOWN FLYER:
As a long term solution would you consider moving the engine "out" further from the axle CL? I did that on my wheelstand prone Logghe altered (moved the engine 7 in. forward) and it turned it into a totally different (tamer) animal, without the penalty of added weight. This solution addresses the real elephant in the room.
Prior to moving the engine I was using 80 lb of lead on the axle. Note wheelie bar positions.
dreracecar:
7 inches is a bunch to move an engine, not from a weight standpoint, but a chassis design/engineering potential issues. Adding weight is the quickest way to garner results in the beginning, later on if a new chassis is to be built, one can use that information in order to move things/engine around to achive the same balence as adding the weight did with design and engineering
THE FRENCHTOWN FLYER:
FULL DISCLOSURE: I should have mentioned I DID front-half the entire chassis - after an intimate head-on encounter with a seductive concrete guard wall.
PSweeney:
No way would I move the motor out, it's purposely built to emulate a 60's digger. I have 38lb in a weight bar, some shot to fill the axle and more lead for a weight box.
THE FRENCHTOWN FLYER:
--- Quote from: dreracecar on May 15, 2017, 08:41:29 AM ---7 inches is a bunch to move an engine, not from a weight standpoint, but a chassis design/engineering potential issues.
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TRUE
I mis-spoke. I lengthened the wheelbase seven inches while moving the engine out two inches. The other five was to make room for a radiator and alternator so I could drive it around without being towed on the end of a string. I guess not having to get a tow back from the big end doesn't make it nostalgic anymore too.
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