What advantages/disadvantages do Chassis have? (Read 2,701 times)

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Im pretty sure this might have been brought up before, but Im would like to know specific information about the advantages and disadvantages that certain Chassis have.

The advantages/disadvantages of a Tank over a space frame?

Gordge over a Kuriger over a Rees and vice versa

and the Advantages/disadvantages of a Bullet and the advantages/disadvantages of a concord chassis.

Realise its not your every day question, but would be great to hear from drivers and pit crew members as well.

Cheers

[xneilx]

you forgot space frame and flat chassis ;D

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Well those two as well Neil, but mainly interested in the above chassis differences

[Roaddog]

I beleave all cars have pro's and con's, I have a spaceframe Gordge car now built in 1986 with changers to the car down the way, My first car was a flatty built by Dave Evans in 1986 two totaly different cars built in the same year, the flatty was good for putting a big hit on but as a driver I felt it too and getting it to handle wasn't that easy.
With the spaceframe it's a lot easier to set up and I don't feel
the hits like I did in the flatty but they tend to bend easier though but tend to be easy to fix compeared to the flatty the other chassis I wont comment on as I have not raced or crewed on them but I pefer a spaceframe over a flatty.

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Thanks for your reply Roaddog.

Im very interested in the weak spots in chassis as well.

We are building a racing game for Superstocks, and looking at chassis dynamics, and trying to get the info so we can make it as realistic as possible.

While those of us who can afford the real things yet, this will satisfy our hunger for racing untill we can afford the real things