Thats a big weight advantage for Lotus...........can Chevy and Honda shed thast much???
Thats a big weight advantage for Lotus...........can Chevy and Honda shed thast much???
...and if you want a little peace, sometimes you gotta fight. You gotta walk throught the darkness before you stand in the light. Sammy Hagar.
Maybe they won't want to if the block is as stiff as a wet noodle. I guess we'll see when it hits the track.
It's a Hoosier thing, you wouldn't understand...
Lotus won't have a weight advantage, at least not that much. Rules specify a minimum engine weight. If Lotus is below that weight, they will have to ballast the engine up to the minimum weight. It could translate to a weight distribution advantage as the ballast could be placed to lower engine center of gravity and thus chassis cg.
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The car itself has a min. weight. If the separate pieces do not have a min, then the engineers are free to add the weight where it would be the most helpful.
That is, if the car components do not have a min weight requirement.
"If there are no dogs in Heaven, when I die I want to go where they go" Mark Twain
Pretty sure that IndyCar specified a minimum weight for the engines, 212lbs maybe.
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