Any extra weight placed behind the COG will shift the COG backward. Is the
tiger COG in front of the seats? Someone jack it up and see. The fuel tanks
will make a big difference being as far as they are from the center. cheers,
derek
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-tigers@autox.team.net [mailto:owner-tigers@autox.team.net]On
Behalf Of CoolVT@aol.com
Sent: Sunday, November 14, 2004 8:04 AM
To: tigers@autox.team.net
Subject: RE Tiger weight distribution
Another question might be...when a driver sits in the car does his weight
add to the front weight of the car or the rear? I'm sure it is distributed
some
to the front and some to the rear. A minor point is...with 1/2 a Tiger (or
one end) weighing in at about 1300 lbs. a 200 lb driver, if all is weight
is
applied to one end, can increase the weight at that end by about
15%....quite a
substantial amount when we are haggling over 2 and 3%. I know that each
end will benefit from the driver's weight, I'm just curious to know if
anyone
has calculated what portion of the weight ends up where. "An idle mind is
the
devil's workshop." :-))
Mark L.
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