Quote: "Ok... but there's a huge difference in roadracing -vs- lsr.
My suit is a roadracer suit and is built as such. In roadracing most seem to be in a crouched position in a fairly stock seating position. Elbows are tucked in toward the chest, and riders get over the tank when piloting turns and ess's."
No, the roadracers I've seen are moving all over their bikes -- like I said in my note, above. They are certainly not staying in a crouched position.
They're crouched (tucked) part of the time, but then they're here, they're moving to there, and so on.
Yes, a production class or modified class land speed bike may be similar in seating accomodations to a roadrace bike -- but moving around just doesn't happen much. My bike has run in both modified and altered, and I move some, that's for sure. I've got some room to move forward and back -- when at Maxton I sit as far forward as I can in the early gears to put more weight on the front - to reduce wheelies. Then I scoot back in the seat to get more aero and add weight to the back tire as drag resistance begins to overtake contact patch ability to transfer hp without tirespin. And sure enough, my arms are stretched out quite a bit when I'm way back in the seat. BUT - at high speed I sure don't intend to do much steering input! So I don't need lots of steering flexibility then. And I got my leathers made from measurements taken while I was in that tuck -- so I can all the room I need to control the bike.
If I had pegs set way back (as the altered rules allow but don't require, so I don't) -- then I'd consider whether the leathers trousers needed to be constructed with that leg position in mind.
I'm not saying "more" (as in "I just don't think more is always better or safer." , I'm saying better -- I've got my protective gear designed for me and my application. It's available to all of us at a price that's quite reasonable -- and (I hope) the resulting safety garb provides me with increased safety under all conditions I'll experience while on the race bike.