you know there are issues that face the roadster crowd that are entirely
different then cars out there on the edge of speed...
With the extended wheel base and highly aerodynamic profiles Streamliners and
lakesters have a tendency to go straight... they steer that way as a function
of the vehicles body....
Roadsters on the other hand seem to be much more boxy and have much lower
limits to the aero load then the others... They hit that was were traction
becomes an issue much sooner then other types of vehicles....
I was thinking about the HP requirements in relationship to Coeffeicents of
Drag for each of the styles of cars.. and it kinda hit me that there are
issues we aren't discussing here.... like how much of a drag race is it if you
can't hook up your car and how much do you care about weight if you have more
then adequate hp to cover it up? Will the aerodynamically challanged car
always benifet from added weight?
I know that my car is actually rather light at 2600lbs... or at least light
for the experience that I have....
What are you folks thinking?
Keith ( Glen ( insert correct insult for the time of day you read this )
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