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Originally Posted by Xist
Making your car more aerodynamic should make it faster, even though you are adding weight.
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above all else I have to comply with the rulebook which negates alot of things i could do.
Secondly, auto-x is a low speed sport. top speed is around 70mph (averaging 40mph). the emphasis is all on handling (grip, accel, decel) and I would have additional heat considerations (engine/brakes).
to that end, the benefit:effort ratio is not worth it. And people go to shocking lengths to drop weight in this sport (ie. paying 500 hundreds of dollars for a Li car battery to save 15lbs).
another example is racing seats. I've swapped out to an aluminum racing seats (and it holds me in place), but for the passenger seat, it was all about weight, and i mounted it with the bare minimum bracketry as close to the floor as I could).