Most cars are carbon copies anymore. The B3, B4, and B44 all have the exact same length arms front and rear and the shocks mount in the exact same spots on them all too. You might say that of course this is true since they are all Associated. The Durango 210 also has the exact same arm lengths with the same shock mounting points as the above cars. Swap out some 210 arms for some B4 arms or vice versa. They'll work. You could have a straight armed 210 or a bent arm B4. The 210 was designed around the B4 suspension so it is really a different way of doing the same thing. The same is also true of several of the other cars. Everyone copies everyone else. Is it any wonder that so many of these cars are competitive with each other? In the end it really comes down to driver and their setup. Associated has historically always had the best drivers.
A design like the above or like the Team C TM2 are examples of a different way of thinking about layout and balance, even though the suspension geometry aside from front kick is essentially identical.
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