Tubing Size??

[beardydave]

Originally Posted by Talonmotorsport

That all ways seemed silly to me cutting out part of a perfectly strong chassis design, would it not make more sense to make the chassis 50-75mm taller and leave it intact?

The problem with that is that you are then raising the engine and drive train by 50mm, and as that is the main weight in the car that will be bad for handling.

I want to have a completely flat underside to my car for aerodynamics as well as stiffness, but it's putting my tall engine 80mm out of the top of the bonnet. That is just from the gearbox which sticks out further than the sump at the moment, and will even further when i've fitted the dry sump.