Since its my site, I'll try to answer. I think that I got that number out
of the Bentley TR250/TR6 Manual. I'll have to rummage through my books to
find out for sure.
Hugh Barber
Hollister, CA
'73 TR6
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-6pack@autox.team.net [mailto:owner-6pack@autox.team.net]On
Behalf Of Terry Geiger
Sent: Wednesday, January 22, 2003 9:08 AM
To: Vink, Graham
Cc: 6pack
Subject: Re: the role of shocks -- heavy vs. light cars
According to this site the front/rear weight distribution is 50.5%/49.5%.
http://thor.prohosting.com/~tr6/tr6.htm
I'm not sure where he gets the numbers. Can anyone confirm these numbers?
These numbers do make sense if you study the car for the following reasons:
1) Most of the engine is behind the front road wheels. Notice all that empty
space in front of your radiator.
2) The front road wheels are set very far foward (which will reduce the
weight
place on the front road wheels).
3) The rear road wheels are set very far foward (right behind the seats)
which
places a good portion of weight squarely on the rear road wheels.
4) Heavy items (such as fuel cell and battery) are strategically placed to
balance the weight between the front and rear road wheels.
Think about weight distribution as how much weight is sitting on each road
wheel, regardless of where the road wheel is placed in the chassis of the
motor car.
Based on the curb weight of 2375 lbs here are some calculations I ran to
determine the weight sitting on each road wheel when the car is at rest:
Front road wheel load: (2375 * 50.5%) / 2 = 599.6875 lbs
Rear road wheel load: (2375 * 49.5%) / 2 = 587.8125 lbs
Please correct me if you find any errors. I am a lowly programmer, not a
mechanical engineer.
Terry Geiger
Florence, Alabama USA
1974 TR6 Mimosa Yellow
Quoting "Vink, Graham" <vinkg@fleishman.com>:
>
> ON the other hand, I also disagree with TRF's claim that the front end
> doesn't weight that much. I would assume that the front end weighs a
> lot
> more than the rear, especially in in a convertible TR6, because of the
> weight of the engine and tranny.
>
> --Graham
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