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Originally Posted by Alex H
This reversed gearbox thing and the motor mounted the way it is. Is it a considerable difference between having the motor mounted that way it is now or like on the S2 and X6? If so, are you Mr C going to make an 4speed version as well for this machine? Otherwise it going to be a lot cheaper than the S2 I suppose  . |
Hi Alex, As per Thomas's post, my thoughts when designing the car were that the B4 has a load of steering, when you move the motor to the mid position and move the cells forward due to the motor now being in front of the diff, you lose a lot of rear end grip, as we found with the 3 gear S2, with the 4 gear S2 it helps redress the balance and generates more rear end grip again similar to a rear motor B4. Remember both the S2 & X6 use the B4 front end.
Now with the xxx-cr its a car that has not got a lot of front end grip / steering, but has a great rear end based around the xx4, so running the factory 3 gear gbox reduces the rear end grip but balances the car out with more front end grip / steering which it lacks. If we used a 4 gearbox on the CR i think we would be back to square one with a understeering car due to the extra grip generated by the 4 gear gbox.
How it runs on low grip nobody knows, but as your not hacking the car / gearbox to bits, its a very simple job to fit the front and rear ends back onto the standard chassis if the cr2 struggles on low grip, but having said that on saturday for the 1st practise when the track was damp with dew, it did not seem to have any real problems, but a true low grip track would be a better test.
And cost wise i think it will be in the region of about half the price of the s2 conversion kit.