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Re: Lotus 11 Modified Sports

To: Want1937hd@aol.com, <land-speed@autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: Lotus 11 Modified Sports
From: Higginbotham Land Speed Racing <saltrat@pro-blend.com>
Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2001 22:37:31 -0600
Bob,
Check the rulebook (2000 version will work just fine). Wheelbase for mod
sports is 130" max.
What makes you think that you cannot stretch it to get to 130"?

Just curious.....
Skip


At 10:11 PM 2/16/01 , you wrote:
>In a message dated 2/16/01 9:25:30 AM Eastern Standard Time, 
>lsr_man@yahoo.com writes:
>
><< Just out of curiosity - are you stretching the
> wheelbase on that Lotus or running it stock? 
> After all this discussion on long vs short
> wheelbase last week or so, I'm now wondering why
> so many cars are stretched so long.  Steering can
> be slowed down with linkage modifications.  Seems
> like it'd be cheaper and simpler to slow down the
> steering than stretch out the car? ?  No?
>  >>
>As I understand things,(no rule book yet) I can't stretch the wheelbase and 
>run as a modified sports. How much steering do I need to go straight? Bob

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