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<blockquote data-quote="EricM" data-source="post: 1432151" data-attributes="member: 20286"><p>Nice sarcasm, but those trucks' wheelbases are dictated by the series rules, not what is the best or fastest necessarily. Hell, F1 still runs the cars on 13" wheels until they finally go to 18" wheels next year.</p><p></p><p>Maybe the 125" WB of a trophy truck is the best for a certain speed? Is this the magic number though? Would an even shorter wheelbase be even better? How short is too short, and how long is too long? Obviously the track width comes into it as well. How does that affect things?</p><p></p><p>I've witnessed the longer wheelbase SxS perform far better in he same whoops as an "identical" shorter wheelbase SxS, so shorter being better than longer is not THAT cut and dried.</p><p></p><p>Is there really any right answer to optimum wheelbase length and ride quality, or is the right answer that anything can go fast over rough stuff with a correctly engineered suspension? I'm not a suspension engineer, so I just don't really know.</p><p></p><p>I do agree the shorter overall length is a vast advantage over the longer crew cab in all other off road scenarios though.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="EricM, post: 1432151, member: 20286"] Nice sarcasm, but those trucks' wheelbases are dictated by the series rules, not what is the best or fastest necessarily. Hell, F1 still runs the cars on 13" wheels until they finally go to 18" wheels next year. Maybe the 125" WB of a trophy truck is the best for a certain speed? Is this the magic number though? Would an even shorter wheelbase be even better? How short is too short, and how long is too long? Obviously the track width comes into it as well. How does that affect things? I've witnessed the longer wheelbase SxS perform far better in he same whoops as an "identical" shorter wheelbase SxS, so shorter being better than longer is not THAT cut and dried. Is there really any right answer to optimum wheelbase length and ride quality, or is the right answer that anything can go fast over rough stuff with a correctly engineered suspension? I'm not a suspension engineer, so I just don't really know. I do agree the shorter overall length is a vast advantage over the longer crew cab in all other off road scenarios though. [/QUOTE]
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