 Weight ratio's, Whats heavyer.. the rear or the front? |
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| Dave_Darling |
 Mar 30 2004, 01:21 PM
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914 Idiot  Group: Members Posts: 14,990 Joined: 9-January 03 From: Silicon Valley / Kailua-Kona Member No.: 121 Region Association: Northern California 
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QUOTE(Andyrew @ Mar 29 2004, 08:15 PM) Im was just wondering if it was better to take weight off the front or the rear.. Ie Fiberglass hoods, bumpers.. stuff like that. Both, of course!! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/lol3.gif) I know the mags talk about "ideal 50-50 weight distribution", but they're trying to plug products and have nifty-looking prose. I think that the 914 has a pretty good weight distribution for its suspension and such, which is "about" 55% on the rear wheels. If you're taking weight off, take it wherever you can. Deal with any change in the "balance" of the car by whatever means you need to. --DD |
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| SLITS |
Mar 30 2004, 02:42 PM
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"This Utah shit is HARSH!" Group: Benefactors Posts: 13,602 Joined: 22-February 04 From: SoCal Mountains ... Member No.: 1,696 Region Association: None  |
The idea of "50/50" is to put equal weight on all tires for maximum adhesion - which is theory. Acceleration and deacceleration change this, but in a corner,on the edge, it is nice to know the loaded and unloaded sidea are "doing equal work" so to speak. Now in reality............, (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smoke.gif)
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| SirAndy |
Mar 30 2004, 02:44 PM
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Resident German Group: Admin Posts: 41,651 Joined: 21-January 03 From: Oakland, Kalifornia Member No.: 179 Region Association: Northern California |
QUOTE(Dave_Darling @ Mar 30 2004, 11:21 AM) Deal with any change in the "balance" of the car by whatever means you need to. without adding weight of course! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif) make it as light as possible, than balance it using the suspension adjustements to get a corner weight distribution of your liking ... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/driving.gif) Andy |
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| Dave_Darling |
Mar 30 2004, 05:02 PM
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914 Idiot Group: Members Posts: 14,990 Joined: 9-January 03 From: Silicon Valley / Kailua-Kona Member No.: 121 Region Association: Northern California
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QUOTE(SLITS @ Mar 30 2004, 12:42 PM) The idea of "50/50" is to put equal weight on all tires for maximum adhesion - which is theory. Acceleration and deacceleration change this, but in a corner,on the edge, it is nice to know the loaded and unloaded sidea are "doing equal work" so to speak. If you are not accelerating or decelerating in a corner, IMHO, you're doing it wrong. --DD |
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