 Weight ratio's, Whats heavyer.. the rear or the front? |
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| Andyrew |
 Mar 29 2004, 06:49 PM
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Whats the weight ratio for the 914? 49% front 51% rear? Or what?
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| john rogers |
Mar 29 2004, 10:10 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,525 Joined: 4-March 03 From: Chula Vista CA Member No.: 391 |
Remember that is static weight. What happens when the car is going 120 or 130 and you have a spoiler on the front pushing down or a wing on the back pushing down or nothing on the back and that vacuum behind the rear window is trying to suck the car upwards??!! Also a factor is what type of driving or racing is it, a tight auto-x course or a long track such as Willow Springs or CA Speedway where you are on the rev limiter by the start-finish line? Finally, most people don't know what the wheelbase of a 914 is and since it is pretty long some weight in the rear is an advantage I would think. Since I made the six conversion, mine seems to actually turn better in sharp corners than before with the four.....and is more stable at full speed at the CA Speedway turns one and two.
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Andyrew Weight ratio's Mar 29 2004, 06:49 PM
Bleyseng depends on how much gas. 46/54 is what comes to mi... Mar 29 2004, 06:50 PM URY914 I weighed my car and figured out the ratio back to... Mar 29 2004, 06:53 PM physician :lol: probably that famous unsprung weight :rolley... Mar 29 2004, 07:14 PM SLITS Depends on how heavy your ass is when you sit in i... Mar 29 2004, 07:27 PM URY914 We had a girl in HS that had an ass that big and d... Mar 29 2004, 07:36 PM Andyrew So, weight needs to come off the rear for better b... Mar 29 2004, 07:42 PM URY914 QUOTE
jridder >So, weight needs to come off the rear for better ... Mar 29 2004, 08:00 PM ArtechnikA <... Mar 29 2004, 08:19 PM mskala My -6 measured almost right at 45/55.
The -4 will... Mar 29 2004, 09:37 PM smg914 Stock '73 2 Liter weight distribution, 46.3% f... Mar 29 2004, 10:03 PM Andyrew Alright guys.. geez, dont bite my head off ;)
I... Mar 29 2004, 10:15 PM Brad Roberts John nailed it.
Dont think of the car as if it wh... Mar 29 2004, 10:16 PM Jeroen So basically what you guys are saying is that you ... Mar 30 2004, 07:14 AM Bleyseng except when you hit the brakes in a turn.....ouch... Mar 30 2004, 07:42 AM KenH 914-4, Roll Bars, Full Gas Tank, 200# Driver
Fron... Mar 30 2004, 10:21 AM maf914 Dave_Darling <... Mar 30 2004, 01:21 PM SLITS The idea of "50/50" is to put equal weight on all ... Mar 30 2004, 02:42 PM SirAndy |
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