COM, Wheel base, Steer- How I see it

[Skippy Kicky]

I'm enjoying this post. Thanks all for sharing and inspiring me to do some testing. I made some changes on my SS and had to give it a lot more steer. I am thinking I will try moving the COG forward attempting to lessen my "side force".
Thanks guys!

I had some time to do some testing with my SS. I messed with the weight placement and steer. I could not get it any faster than I had it with the weight as far back as possible. I've got much to learn, but I feel that perfect side force will be different amounts of steer for each car and it is only found by the tuning process. After my testing I re-prepped and was extremely careful. After a little tuning I was happy with the speed gain.
I'm convinced that alignment, weight placement to the rear and prep is where it is at. I just need to figure out how to get all 3 harmoniously and then watch out.
Thanks again for all of the good information. Much to think about.