Durango release details of DNX408 body shell
Durango are claiming that their DNX408 1/8th scale has the lowest bodyshell around. This has many benefits, like low centre of gravity, minimal frontal area to punch through the air, more air flow over the rear wing etc, but it also helps with heat management. The engine head in a DNX408 gets the most direct clean airflow of any car, plus the body is designed to direct as much air as possible over the bodyshell at the engine head, rather than through the body. The central engine and low bodyshell mean that all shock bodies are also in clean airflow. The rear wing is as close to the rear wheels as possible, thanks to the forward shock position, this drives the down-force directly to the rear wheels. Too many wings on 1/8 buggies are way out back which means more wheelies than down-force.
Source: Durango [team-durango.com]
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1. lixs - January 29th, 2010 at 19:14
With a body this low, i can see the engine head being a bit over exposed. Could be bad for the engine if your an inexperience racer who’s always on his lid. Great looking buggy!
2. NHansen - January 29th, 2010 at 19:47
This is a pro-buggy with a pro-pricetag – I don’t think they need to think about that :P
3. Casper - January 29th, 2010 at 20:18
That engine head is going to take one heck of a beating!
4. hated1 - January 29th, 2010 at 21:18
this thing is sick. it is what the hobby needs. forward thinking.
5. TheCake - January 30th, 2010 at 00:10
They must have designed the lowest profile airfilter ever!
Or It might even be pointing to the chassis
6. Stefan - January 31st, 2010 at 12:47
Think a fictive line from the front shock tower to the rear wing and you’ll see that the cooling head is almost under this line (at least on a flat surface).
But the statemant with the rear wing is partially wrong as you DO HAVE more downforce the more the wing is mounted backwards! And the higher it is mounted the more your car will become a ‘wheelie machine’.
Price is super fair … officially 539,90 €.