By the way guys, stop saying things that are not correct regarding car handling, battery position and others.......
What's turn up to be a Handling thing becomes today a marketing thing......I mean that if a Lazer ZX5 comes out a day with this layout it's only because the MARKET ask for it.....What's happen nowaday with 4WD buggy it's exactly what happened to Touring car 5-6 years ago......
I bet with anyone who want to bet with me that i prepare 2 similar ZX5 but with a different layout "the old vs the new", run on a new track for one lap each time that he won't be able to tell me the difference....at all...This driver will come down from the restrum and he will only think and saying bullshit.... Only 2 drivers out of 10 can make a good difference today because they know and they drive every single day more than 4H per day.. If i bet it's only because we did it and even worst with Top drivers...
Any car with any layout can go fast as long it's built for. Any car with any layout need to be setting as good as the others to suit the track condition and your driving style. The biggest difference that a layout can make......it's the difficulty in setting the car....a layout/car might need more time to get it well and it can change from an other to an other.....from a driver to a driver and more and more.....to many possiblities to fail as to many possibilities to be correct...
The biggest thing in a car that can be feel by anyone and quickly it's a different transmission......Belt vs Shaft (This change a layout)...2WD vs 4WD (This change a layout)...Differential vs Spool/Oneway...and the speedddddddddddddddddd
Anyway, even if i'm saying this, i'm still and stay a racer who always trying to have everything at the lowest CG, sometimes on the back, sometimes more up front......like any racer who love RC.....but sometime we need to stay lucid and just drive and perform well....Give the top driver a wheelbarrow and he will still beat you at the end of the day......and get his superb car you will always be behind........
Thanks