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Re....the front is pulled aroundTo clarify...the tire rolling with weight and the coefficient of friction on the salt is what pulls the front end around at spin initiation. After the spin starts and the tire starts sliding aerodynamic forces get involved with the kinetic friction. Spin initiation is the rear kicking out and creating a steering angle.
Biggest thing to learn about controlling a slide is not to over react in the steering, and this is usually caused by being too slow to react at the start, your effectively chasing your tailquick ratio steering can help , but the salt is not a good place to learn, I raced dirt track cars for 10 yrs and i think it took me a good part of the first 2 to learn to steer properly and now another 10 yrs on would take me a while to fine tune those skills again most salt racers will never have a chance to develop those skills in the limited track time available and hopefully very limited sideways travel Much better to develop a vehicle that never needs these inputs
Well the wheel base is the same but your hp is about 5 x my old Chrysler so i couldn't be sure until i drove it the short wheelbase was probably why i liked the quick ratio steering so muchI'll drop by and introduce myself properly at the Sept Elmo Back to the aero stuff , tired of blundering my way through the air on hp , trying to add some finesse
Short wheel base, long wheel base, Bonneville, Daytona, sprint car, stock car, streamliner, front wheel drive or rear wheel drive. It makes no difference. You keep the front wheels pointed in the direction you want to go!
Super Box - SB2 Series This box is nearly identical in design, brute force and performance to the Super Box 1, but is designed for the vehicle used as a daily driver. The SB2 has firmer valving and 16/13:1 variable ratio gearing for better handling and drivability at highway speeds.
Wheel base does make a difference. Edit . . . If you are sitting half way back in a 20' long car and it yaw's a degree or two the sideways motion of the driver is a lot more than the same yaw in a very short wheel base car. That means it takes more yaw in a short wheel base car for the driver to notice the lateral movement, so he is late in applying steering correction compared to the longer wheel base.