Howdy
yes you are absolutly right, when the kit is new everythings has the flex on those points you described.
i think you are right too, when you said that there are missing notches on the kmc brace witch makes the level for the topdecks on the gearbox, that was my first opinion too. i think other braces would help definitliy.
when i started to drive the car with the kmc kit, it was enough stiff, even for an kardan driven car ( i think everbody who has driven an tc3/tc4 knows what i mean, when you look at the poor performance of other kardan cars like yoks and pro4)
but after driving you will discover that the car will start to flex more and more. when i take only the single top deck in my hands, i can flex that thing like rubber, i does not feel like you are flexing carbon. you can flex that thing about 45 degrees without breaking...
not such a big amount of flex i discoverd on the lower deck on the battery location, you can flex it without problems about 15 degrees
i know this sounds crazy. i was thinking i am nuts or something like that, but knowing that i was an race engineer in an car hillclimbing team for a few years working with lots of carbon i would say this explains why this kit has such a good price.
the problem could be solved with good quality carbon...and with your modifications the car would be ultra stiff.
anyway, but do you think too, that the higher center of gravitiy in the front of the car makes the cornering speed lower? i felt like that.
greetings from switzerland
Maurice
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