Is there any advantages or disadvantages to running the steering cables over the pullies and straight out to the axle? Last years rules show them crossing inside the car and exiting farther foward. We are building a new car and we couldn't run crossed in our old car because of the foot brake.
Thanks Harold

You could ask ten people this question and get ten different answers and I'm not sure that there is a correct answer. I've seen very fast cars set up both ways. That having been said, my personal opinion is that i like to run the cables out farther back which brings them out closer to the widest point of the car. The idea being that if looking from the front of the car, you would see less cable even though more is actually exposed. The cable is also at a more gentle angle.

A disadvantage to crossing the cables is that it may limit or interfere with weight placement in the front of the car.

An advantage to crossing them is that you can more easily hide the cable clamps inside the airfoils being at the steeper angle.

Just my two cents

Either way the cable must come off the outside pulley. We criss-crossed last year & Akron made us reroute the steering cables. Our cables came off 2-pulley's mounted to the steering assembly. We had to cut new openings in the shell too. Not our best day. You can criss cross, but the cables must come off the outside pulley. Personally, I won't do it again. The cables get in the way of the driver. They limit how easily you can adjust your weight. It's just cleaner to take them off the outside.