Question on battery placement (theory)

[adam lancia]

Hi all,

I've got a mid-motor converted RC10T (yes you read that right, there are no numbers after 10T) and I am unsure of how I want to orient the batteries. The chassis is originally setup to have the cells 6 across the chassis but I would think that it will slow left-to-right transitions and make it feel a little sluggish. I have a machine shop at my disposal so milling the chassis to accept the cells won't be a problem. The other option is having the cells right up the center of the chassis like on the T4 but that has me thinking that there will be a lot more weight on the front end (with the motor pushing the battery forward) and I'm not sure if that's going to make it twitchy steering-wise.

Do you think that the 6 across arrangement will settle the truck canceling out the potential oversteering I may see with the mid-motor setup? I'm using a T4 front end on this and will be bolting the front portion of the T4 chassis to the new chassis (I lopped off the front of a broken T4 chassis, front brace, bulkhead and all!) so I have some flexibility as to how far forward I bolt that section on. Does that give me any wiggle room to tailor my weight distribution?

Any help is greatly appreciated! I'll try to get some posted so you can see what I'm talking about. Thanks in advance!