My Good Dr. Mayf.
With a good stiff frame, solid or tunable suspension and ZERO scrub radius; in
conjunction with a good aero back end I don't think wb would be a controling
factor----YMMV.
---- Larry Mayfield <drmayf@mayfco.com> wrote:
> Any of ya'll ever had a custom crank fabricated for your motor? I mean
> from a raw forging or billet? I am dickering with folk to do that or at
> least to see what kind of pocket book pain that might bring. I was
> wonder what kinds of costs are involved..anybody got any idea?
>
> Next is how fast have short wheel base cars gone as a max before? I am
> not really keen or runing the sunbeam too much faster with it's 90 inch
> wheel base, but Lightfoo drives the Alfa romeo to about 225 mph and that
> puppy is only 84 inches. So, for those of you that still have some
> memory left (mine seems to be hiding from me occasionally), you remember
> any fast, short cars? 90 inces or less?
>
> Have a good night!
> mayf
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