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Greg,
Perhaps you missed it, but rdane is currently running wheels which are 8" wide in front, and 9" wide in the rear. Unless we are missing something, your suggestion of 7" x 15" Cookie Cutters would have three immediate effects:
(1) Reduce total contact patch by more than one square foot!
EDIT: One square foot - WOW!! I meant 1 LINEAR foot - actually between 13 to 18 square inches.
(2) Reduce front and rear track by ~ 2 inches each.
(3) Add some unsprung weight, at least in the wheel department.
All of these seem counter-productive to retaining or improving performance in hillclimbs. Unless we are overlooking the very latest "trick" setup, he would need some really COMPELLING reasons to follow this course of action.
Ed
Last edited by RaceProEngineer; 11-28-2005 at 02:29 PM..
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