- 1. Race car weight (score: 1)
- Author: "Wayne" <w.farrington@verizon.net>
- Date: Thu, 10 Jan 2002 11:12:18 -0800
- I need to get the GVW of my race car. I have two 300lb. capacity bathroom type scales to work with. What is the proper process to do this?? Thanks Wayne /// unsubscribe/change address requests to maj
- /html/shop-talk/2002-01/msg00023.html (7,180 bytes)
- 2. Re: Race car weight (score: 1)
- Author: Eric Murray <ericm@lne.com>
- Date: Thu, 10 Jan 2002 11:19:22 -0800
- If your race car has less than 300 lbs/wheel, you can weigh each axle with a scale under each wheel. Block up the other wheels so the car's level othewise you will read slightly low. (although wth a
- /html/shop-talk/2002-01/msg00024.html (7,635 bytes)
- 3. Re: Race car weight (score: 1)
- Author: "Stan Fickes" <fickes@acm.org>
- Date: Thu, 10 Jan 2002 14:54:48 -0500
- Weigh yourself, then again while holding the car. Subtract the first from the second... ;) sf -- Original Message -- From: "Wayne" <w.farrington@verizon.net> To: <shop-talk@autox.team.net> Sent: Thur
- /html/shop-talk/2002-01/msg00025.html (7,493 bytes)
- 4. Re: Race car weight (score: 1)
- Author: Chris Heerschap <Heerschap@kns.com>
- Date: Thu, 10 Jan 2002 15:55:32 -0500
- *LMAO!* Car != dog! :o One trick to weigh something with a scale that doesn't go up that high is to have some sort of lever assembly: ______WEIGHT______ ^ || Pivot Scale In this instance, weight * th
- /html/shop-talk/2002-01/msg00027.html (8,775 bytes)
- 5. Re: Race car weight (score: 1)
- Author: "Tim Mullen" <Tim.Mullen@trw.com>
- Date: Thu, 10 Jan 2002 17:22:22 -0500
- Depending on how accurate you need the weight, you might try taking the car to the local dump/weigh station/etc. Around here, when going to the local transfer station (dump) we have the option of pay
- /html/shop-talk/2002-01/msg00030.html (7,977 bytes)
- 6. Re: Race car weight (score: 1)
- Author: Donald H Locker <dhl@chelseamsl.com>
- Date: Thu, 10 Jan 2002 18:04:04 -0500 (EST)
- Just remember to remove the car _at_home_ before the second weighing; wouldn't want the tip operators parting out a perfectly good vehicle! Donald. /// unsubscribe/change address requests to majordom
- /html/shop-talk/2002-01/msg00033.html (8,370 bytes)
- 7. RE: Race car weight (score: 1)
- Author: "Keith Kaplan" <keithka@microsoft.com>
- Date: Thu, 10 Jan 2002 16:14:30 -0800
- Ruggles (or something like that) sells some shiny levers for that purpose. They used to advertise in SportsCar. Plan B is to run the car up on a hydraulic lift that has an inline pressure gauge. (Get
- /html/shop-talk/2002-01/msg00037.html (8,093 bytes)
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