The Total weight of the car dry without a driver or the fluids that sit next
to him or her as the case maybe is 2250 lbs... keep in mind this is a dry
weight with no oil or headers.... so on and so forth... the intent of this
scale session was to get a feel for where I needed to put things...
Keith ( off to find a bushing for the fuel system )
----- Original Message -----
From: DrMayf <drmayf@teknett.com>
To: Keith Turk <kturk@ala.net>; <land-speed@autox.team.net>
Sent: Monday, June 16, 2003 6:44 AM
Subject: Re: Weight bias/tire pressure
> Well, regarding the extra 1 percent, I just figured the source... What
was
> the total weight? That would not have been affected by tire pressure. Oh
and
> were you sitting in the car during the measuring to get the balance right?
> Fluids? But, I am glad you are taking notes because it will save some time
> on the salt. And maybe even you need to compensate for torque also so the
> right side tires may need more pressure ....or less....
>
> mayf
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Keith Turk" <kturk@ala.net>
> To: <land-speed@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Saturday, June 21, 2003 8:24 PM
> Subject: Weight bias/tire pressure
>
>
> > I had the car on the scales and found a couple of things that are
> interesting
> > and worth noting for future reference.... thought I'd share them with
> y'all...
> > ( yep it's one word...)
> >
> > First off its my bet that this car actually ran in the 60% rear / 41%
> front (
> > had to pitch that one percent in there just to bug Dave and Mayf ) the
> car
> > was Mostly built for El Mirage best I can tell...or at least that's the
> take I
> > have on the current set up....
> >
> > And secondly most important with solid rear suspension it is hyper
> critical to
> > have the tire pressure exactly right when your measuring it's weight...
> > fixing a 15 lb disparity cleaned up the back end on the scales by 60 lbs
(
> > making them equal ) I've still got some front end issues but I'm going
to
> > save my comments until I get some more of the actual weight on the
car...
> >
> > so if your scaling your car make sure the tires have the same air
pressure
> >
> > Keith
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