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Originally posted by Schr-eng
The body does affect the handling, and I'll tell you why.
As long as anything is attached to the chassis, it will affect handling.
If you put a 20 foot plank on top of a bare chassis, don't you think it would affect handling?
Also, NASCARs use a replaceable bonnet on the bottom of the car to keep it lower to the ground . It’s replaceable because it occasionally scrapes the tarmac and undergoes a lot of abuse from the air forces. I think it’s made of rubber. NASCARs are meant for high speed ovals, but the same thing applies to any other automobile. The more air that goes under the car, the more lift you have because it works like an air cushion. A cushion of air is a bad thing to have under a dynamic body like a car.
Air dams are important!
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you are right when it comes to the concept. but these cars barely go 15-20mph, aero dynamics don't effect anything on these things. Removing a bumper on an xmod won't effect handling besides the fact that you'll save maybe a few grams or so. Even on real cars aerodynamics don't have much effectiveness until you reach 60mph+.