Reed, We too are a factory Can Am team.. sometimes I think you drink too much of your green goo.. you were not the first Can Am to have a front steer... you were not the first team to have pushed back the diff to realign the rear CV's (we did this back in early 2012 on our BITD Commander along with pushed back rear suspension) or putting blowers on the CVT's. You're still relatively new to the BITD scene- I appreciate you openness and willingness to share what you do, but just because it isn't posted here at the UTVUG... doesn't mean it hasn't happen elsewhere.. whether it be the Murray's, Cory or ourselves.. we all have been modifying and pushing the the Can Ams to new levels for years. BTW, our conversations with BRP engineers are not just at the races... I know the previously mentioned teams and us have spent hundreds if not thousands of hours collectively working with the BRP engineers sharing our experience on how to improve the BRP products. [/quote]
I don't believe that I have ever expressed or implied that I was the "first" to innovate any of the mods performed on our Maverick, nor am I ignorant enough to think that they are not being done somewhere else, by somebody other than myself. If you saw the fundamental advantage to re locating the rear differential on your Commander prior to my building the Monster Mav , or implementing the front steer design that I saw on your Maverick at this years Mint 400, well kudos to you for doing the obvious.
The threads I start are definitely vanity based, but more so are there for all to learn by. If narcissism could be possessed by an inanimate object, the Monster Mav surely has it. These threads are not about me, they are about the development and evolution of our car. On occasions such as this one, I take pride in knowing that it was my designs that motivated/encouraged/prompted (choose an adverb) a large corporation to make a major change in the layout of the product they sell to the general public. It was only after I discussed in depth the kinematics of angular momentum with the Can-am "people" at this years Mint 400 did I hear of their plans to incorporate such a change in their upcoming line up. I don't see you, or many other teams posting to the masses detailed information on the changes they make to their race cars, and even offering help to other members or teams on how to perform them.
In my eyes, reverse engineering, and the application of past technologies is what so many race teams in motorsports base their designs upon. With the exception of F-1 and Moto GP racing, most everyone is just copying someone else's good ideas. Including me. I'm only trying to make the designs used on the Monster Mav , and how it has or has not worked for us,available for all to learn by. I do this because as a young fabricator (way before the internet was ever available) I searched long and hard for any information that could help me build a better car, and the only place I had any luck was in books on F-1 and road racing design and engineering. The crossover of useable technologies is still a gray area for me, but I always try to discipline my work with fundamental guidelines proven by those masters.
I'm not here to profit from my work, nor am I here to take credit for other peoples designs or ideas. I am merely sharing my knowledge and experiencewith the masses. Free of charge. So lighten up a bit , Mike. Join the ranks, and share what you are doing with your race car with the masses here in these forums, so we all can learn something from your experiences, be them hardships or successes. Just for the record, I do over indulge in the green goo, except it is more of a brownish colored liquid called STOUT!
please post pics of the temporary car very interested what you guys will be running
