John, lower is not always better, usually almost never... Mass centralization is optimum. You want the weight close together, not overly low, overly high. In karts we actually want to mount any lead up high on the seat to help traction. With solid rear axle in the kart, you want to roll onto the outside rear tire, so having the weight high helps that action. I'm pretty sure it's similar in these cars.
John Vriesinga <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I would push for the 4stroke > snowmobile engine very hard! It will not be easy to come up with the > correct size or engine to use, but by staying with the cvt concept it > would still be a lot cheaper than going to a motorcyle engine! I have to admit, I am pretty sour on the 2 stroke thing. I spent the whole summer rebuilding engines last year. Four times all told. I barely had any seat time at all. Now, if I had some consistent and good running time, I might be alot happier. A concern I would have with the bike engine would be weight and the CG. I know from nothing about the CG issue except that lower is better and the motorbike engine sits up pretty dang high. It would have to effect handling in a negative way, I would guess, but I will defer to those who actually know what they're talking about here. 8-) JV --------------------------------- The fish are biting. Get more visitors on your site using Yahoo! Search Marketing. ________________________________ FormulaCar Magazine - A Proud Supporter of Formula 500 The Official Publication of Junior Formula Car Racing Subscribe Today! www.formulacarmag.com or 519-624-2003 _________________________________ _______________________________________________ F500 mailing list - [email protected] To unsubscribe or change options please visit: http://f500.org/mailman/listinfo/f500 *** Please, DO NOT send unsubscribe requests to the mailing list! ***
