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Originally Posted by ssteve
ok you win pal. Everyone stiffen their chassis as much as they want. I'm wrong and have no idea what I'm talking about as well as anyone associated with me. Track records in unlimited cars were a fluke, same with the multiple Nasa tt track records etc. Chassis stiffness is a joke at this level anyways so whatever.
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Well all the people that REALLY know(top level motorsport engineers) want as stiff a chassis as possible. That's good enough for me.
I'm with racepar1, if the car went faster by making the chassis flex more, there was an issue with the setup before, or the driver is/was just not driving the car to its full potential before the change.
As for my personal experience, every time I've ever made a car stiffer it felt faster and easier to control to me. The chassis is an undamped spring in series with the suspension, so the stiffer you make it the less it affects grip as it flexes so things end up more consistent and more controlled.