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Originally Posted by Andrew Lawrence
I'm surprised you could get to 1/16 drop without experiencing drag. The diffierence between 5/32 drop and 1/8 becomes more apparent in 1.5" - 2" wide wheels, but it should still be a factor in 1" wheels. Could you provide more information (pictures or CAD models, maybe?) on your 2013 and 2014 drives?
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The new chassis size restrictions of the last 2 years have changed the dynamics of drop center drives a lot. The old rules of thumb kind of go out the window. As chassis tend to be squarer rather than longer, the need for drop is substantially less than in previous years. With the right wheels you can probably get away with 6WD no drop in a square configuration and still turn fine. Maybe you still need a bit of drop for wide roughtop, though.
We ran 1/8" drop this year on Colsons and that was probably too much. I'd rather have gone 1/16".