gasser stance... hmmmmm
model40fan Sunday, 4/5/2015
While my DR.Pepper ham bakes away this morning I got to thinking,
Aerodynamics don't have much affect at slower speeds, and on the incline starting at zero, the affect of gravity overrides those aerodynamics... After the car levels out they both become your enemy... I feel that the Gasser's slightly angled frontal surface may be working as a leading edge of a wing...Compressing the air... The air then rolls under the front suspension... The re-expanding compressed air curls under the base creating a slight LIFT, reducing gravity's grip...
... Don't panic, I'll stop right there as the Ham's almost done !.... happy holiday all
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One thing to think about with front end height...well, actually two things. On a start gate that has pins that drop down (like a drag track), the car with a higher front end is going to leave the line just a little before a car with a really low front...in other words, the car with a high front will start rolling the amount of time it takes for the pin to drop ahead of the other car!
And, once it gets to the other end, the higher front will trigger the finish line light before the lower car. Drag Track pins are tapered, so the higher car hits a 'fatter' section of the pin, getting to the line that much quicker.
Smitty is no fool, building these Gassers, Guys...there's method to his Gasser Madness!