Looking through chassis named here, I'd like to find out what the differences are between various chassis versions, such as:

What're the differences between a KSG Gen 1, 2, and the new Gen 3 car coming out? What makes/made one better than the previous design?

Same thing with the HyperDrives.

Are there any new Custom Works designs on the way?

I kinda know what the slider chassis does; it allows different weight transfer points by moving the weight of the batteries (cells) forward or back for more or less forward bite off the corners. Am I correct?

In my opinion, Chassis design is a bit of a conundrum for me. A year or so ago a lot of the fast guys had to have a slider. The newbies should start with a solid chassis. The sliders were apparently a little stiffer and the solid chassis were a little more forgiving for the rookie. Well, now the answer seems to be starting with a piece of graphite and laying a piece of swiss cheese on it for a template and cut the crap out of your piece of graphite. Thus, making your chassis very flexy. And now the fast guys of last year are faster.:)
So, I guess a piece of swiss cheese with a slider should be great!

I don't know if you can say anyone car is better than another. It's all relative.

The biggest difference with cars today is every year you have to deal with more speed but you're not changing the tires or areo package all that much. You can only do so much with the suspension, chassis ect. With this increased speed, the ones that figuredout a how to be fast yet have the car smooth first are going to pull away from the rest. Right now, everyone fights the same basic problems and for the most part at bigger races the fields are really tight. I would imagine you are going to have to be with 1.5-2 sec of tq to make the 10.5 A-main at snowbirds next weekend. You'll know when someone has raised the bar because the "spank" the field at a big race. Until then I'd look for really close racing.

i would say its all in how you set up your car and how you drive your car.
i have a slider chassie car i run in the 13.5 class and a solid chassie car i run in the 17.5 class both chassies are older but work well
both cars are made by different companys the slider is a apex and the solid is a hyperdrive sse pro for example even tho the hyperdrive was made in 1999 it still keeps up with the hyperdrive pro 3,the ksg, custom works,so on and so on there is only so much that can be done with a chassie i think most will agree with that

I would agree with mojo on there's only som much you can do with a chassis. I was studing my Gen2's this morning while thinking about the new GEN3 thats coming out. I not sure what else Andy could do to make the car any faster. The GEN 2 already has every adjustment you can think of plus Andy uses a graphite that has IMO great flex to it. I see no need to do any cuting to the chassis. I will end up getting a Gen 3, but will still hang on to my Gen2's for now.

So my original question(s) still didn't really get answered:

"What're the differences between a KSG Gen 1, 2, and the new Gen 3 car coming out? What makes/made one better than the previous design?

Same thing with the HyperDrives.

What about Custom Works?"

What, in your opinion, makes one chassis design better than another?

Do you like a car with a lot adjustments or a simple car?

Jake

HD pro-3 and the old ksg's were designed with brushed racing in mind and were great cars and still very competitive!... the new ksg and the PRO-Built HD convervion are designed differently to handle the brushless horsepower curve better than the conventional designs! The chassis has a HUGE affect on how the car works!!!

Frank will the new conversion work on capped tires?

Do you like a car with a lot adjustments or a simple car? A little of both, I guess. I'd consider myself a "moderate to intermediate" racer; been doing this stuff for going on 23 years now, but been out of racing for a little over 7 years now. I know if I go to a race like the 'Birds, I'm certainly not A-main material just yet (:D), but want to get back into it with a somewhat competitive car.

Frank will the new conversion work on capped tires?

The car should work great on caps without the weight plate on the battery tray.