Has anyone tried to shorten the cockpit to bring the chassis closer to the Caterham look. It looks a little long to me. I have tacked most of my chassis together and it looks like there is room to spare. Any thoughts or pictures?

Yes you're right the cockpit is a bit long , makes it harder to hide behind the screen.

if you shorten the chassis you would probably have to extend the drivers footwell like Caterham do.

other problem ISTR is that you arent too far off the quoted ideal length, ie 1.6 times the track width. With the chassis i have designed for my new BEC it would ideally be about 12 inches shorter than book spec, but i worry that will make it twitchy at speed. I have loads of spare room up front though due to the tiny size of a bike engine.

GTS do a chassis that is a few inches shorter in the seat area, its meant for their Challenger kit but is basically the same as a locost chassis.
I always liked the look of the Avon chassis, it seems well proportioned to me.

I moved the scuttle and footwell back 2.5" - the proportions are a bit better; less long in the cockpit, less stubby in the nose.



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I saw a caterham yesterday and was surprised at how small it was. It seemed very narrow. I guess that narrow and short keeps the ideal geometry.