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Joined: Wed Mar 07, 2007 23:00:22 Posts: 91 Location: Spain
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Hello Mark,
of course you are not going to leave the engine mounts loose (what's the point of doing that).
About battery plate, it just acts like any other plate you screw to the chasis. More screws...les flex.
If you want to add weight to the car but you don't ant to vary chasis flex (or vary the minimum) you can mount the front chasis weight in flex form and the battery plate loosening each screw half a turn (it will never come completely loose and you will not see the batteries fall).
With the rear weight you can do the same. As we don't have the option of mounting it in flex form (like in front) you can un screw a bit all four screws (should use thread lock) in order to minimize the rigidness of the chasis.
As far as other weights are concerned (side weights under fuel tank) if you use XRAY round weights you are just using one screw for each weight therefore stiffness of the chasis is not afected. Stifness is only varied when two or more screws join parts within them.
Nowadays flex seems to be a crucial adjustment in car's performance and every small detail that you take into account will change handling of the car.
All the best
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