truck chassis on a 22...

[Garry Spice]

Has anyone tried the longer chassis on the buggy?

[till]

but its not that longer, only 3mm or so
i think the sc chassis is 4 cm longer, how about that xDD
but seriously will it work with a sc chassis or will it be toooo long ??

[ifuonlyknew]

Originally Posted by Garry Spice

Has anyone tried the longer chassis on the buggy?

Ummm yeah, there is a reason why all aftermarket 22 chassis' are actually shorter. You see people who do better than the J main actually know how to design things that work. Go ahead and try it, while your wasting money you might as well buy a 22SC chassis and try that too as the 3mm change in length will probably be to small for you to feel. However the SC chassis will be a big enough change for the worse that even J mainers might be able to tell the difference.

[Frecklychimp]

Originally Posted by ifuonlyknew

Ummm yeah, there is a reason why all aftermarket 22 chassis' are actually shorter. You see people who do better than the J main actually know how to design things that work. Go ahead and try it, while your wasting money you might as well buy a 22SC chassis and try that too as the 3mm change in length will probably be to small for you to feel. However the SC chassis will be a big enough change for the worse that even J mainers might be able to tell the difference.

Rather unnecessary!

It was a valid question, especially since a lot of drivers/manufacturers have run longer chassis as a tuning aid.

The aftermarket chassis plates being shorter doesn't necessarily mean they are an improvement over the stock 22 chassis in every condition, also TLR team drivers stick with stock parts and their results are good enough.

Being World Champion yourself you should know this, just a shame you haven't got a World Champion attitude

[Shaun_TLR]

Originally Posted by Frecklychimp

Rather unnecessary!

It was a valid question, especially since a lot of drivers/manufacturers have run longer chassis as a tuning aid.

The aftermarket chassis plates being shorter doesn't necessarily mean they are an improvement over the stock 22 chassis in every condition, also TLR team drivers stick with stock parts and their results are good enough.

Being World Champion yourself you should know this, just a shame you haven't got a World Champion attitude

ahem...... POWNED !!

[ifuonlyknew]

Originally Posted by Frecklychimp

Rather unnecessary!

It was a valid question, especially since a lot of drivers/manufacturers have run longer chassis as a tuning aid.

The aftermarket chassis plates being shorter doesn't necessarily mean they are an improvement over the stock 22 chassis in every condition, also TLR team drivers stick with stock parts and their results are good enough.

Being World Champion yourself you should know this, just a shame you haven't got a World Champion attitude

The TLR team drivers will stick to their stock length chassis' due to TLR telling them to. The people with no commitment to TLR, and the means to make a new/different chassis have no doubt tested different lengths. If a longer chassis worked better than a shorter chassis don't you think someone would be making one? Simple logic really.

[B&H Racing]

Originally Posted by ifuonlyknew

The TLR team drivers will stick to their stock length chassis' due to TLR telling them to. The people with no commitment to TLR, and the means to make a new/different chassis have no doubt tested different lengths. If a longer chassis worked better than a shorter chassis don't you think someone would be making one? Simple logic really.

I`m really not sure where you are coming from ???

The original question was has anyone tried a longer chassis ! (Which you seem to have a problem with)

And then you yourself have just said " people have no doubt tested different lengths "

[Robby]

Originally Posted by ifuonlyknew

Ummm yeah, there is a reason why all aftermarket 22 chassis' are actually shorter. You see people who do better than the J main actually know how to design things that work. Go ahead and try it, while your wasting money you might as well buy a 22SC chassis and try that too as the 3mm change in length will probably be to small for you to feel. However the SC chassis will be a big enough change for the worse that even J mainers might be able to tell the difference.

I haven't seen a short one, except by some of you wanna-bees on the D-main, in months. By the way, how's the air down there?
And wouldn't you have thought the TLR engineers would have tried a variety of wheelbases before settling on the one they did, especially having had experience with shorter wheelbased cars in the past?

Originally Posted by ifuonlyknew

The TLR team drivers will stick to their stock length chassis' due to TLR telling them to. The people with no commitment to TLR, and the means to make a new/different chassis have no doubt tested different lengths. If a longer chassis worked better than a shorter chassis don't you think someone would be making one? Simple logic really.

It was a valid question because -- other than the fact the SC chassis' addition 3mm would still be LEGAL (and the SCT's wheelbase on a 2wd buggy would be illegal by about 30mm), if the advantage of the shorter chassis was so obvious everybody would be using them, from the J-mainers to the A-mainers... and to include the TLR drivers. Simple logic really.


But since those team drivers have access to everything wouldn't you have thought one of them might (just maybe) have tried one, or maybe someone else here? That's all the poor guy was asking.

[roboliver]

to answer the question yes have tried the truck chassis on buggy it was minimium difference std chassie was about a sec over a 6 min run faster on clean runs car seemed to have justa tad more difficulty rotating cener off on conner .on astro turf mid motor configuration car was extremly tight off and just didnt respond well lap times were bout a second a lap off and yes on astro turf did try the short wheel base chassis and found it to be about a half sec a lap faster did not try shorter version on dirt in rear motor