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View Poll Results: What do you consider to be the ideal front/rear weight distribution? | |||
65% Front, 35% Rear | 3 | 3.23% | |
60% Front, 40% Rear | 11 | 11.83% | |
55% Front, 45% Rear | 16 | 17.20% | |
50% Front, 50% Rear | 37 | 39.78% | |
45% Front, 55% Rear | 19 | 20.43% | |
40% Front, 60% Rear | 7 | 7.53% | |
35% Front, 65% Rear | 0 | 0% | |
Voters: 93. You may not vote on this poll |
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16-07-2008, 11:59 AM | #31 | |||
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17-07-2008, 05:43 PM | #35 | ||
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Interesting point,
My TS50 was weighed yesterday. Front/rear was 56/44. Compare this to the 54/46 with the Windsor engine in it. I will attempt to get a manual B-series GT weighted for comparison. Daniel |
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18-07-2008, 10:20 AM | #36 | |||
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VE commodores are quoted as 50/50. I think a little either way wont matter - im surprised the ts50 is that close!!! wow!!
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18-07-2008, 02:14 PM | #38 | |||
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Were the quoted figures were an even playing field? Say both with a driver and no passengers and half a tank of fuel? Lightish Windsor (alloy heads, light block compared to an earlier version) and a heavy IRS (compared to a live rear end) would help the TS50. I can remember a video showing corner weighting for a Japanese spec Honda apparently they allowed for the weight of a typical 60kg Japanese driver (wonder if Ford/Tickford/FPV allow for a typical 100kg Auusie driver)
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It looks like 50/50 is the most popular choice, although a hefty 70% of people believe that the ideal static weight distribution is with a minimum of 50% of the weight on the front wheels. A paltry 8% have chosen 40/60 and nobody has chosen 35/65.
It is now time to dispel some myths. 50/50 is not ideal and it is now accepted practice to place the majority of the vehicles weight (60-65%) on the rear wheels. The reasons for this include: The more weight on the rear wheels, the greater the traction capacity of the rear wheels. Even the difference between 56/44 and 50/50 can be worth around 1/3 of a second over the 1/4 mile for cars with power and weights in the Falcon/Commodore range. By placing more weight on the rear wheels, the rear wheels can do more braking and thus the braking is more evenly shared between the front and rear wheels. Remember that whilst braking load is transferred from the rear tyres to the front tyres by longitudinal weight transfer. Reduced weight on the front tyres reduces the amount of power wasted to front tyre scrub whilst cornering. When steady state cornering 50/50 should provide the highest cornering forces, but this is only if the front and rear tyres have the same width. If the rear tyres are wider, you would need more weight on the rear tyres. Even so steady state cornering is usually only a small percent of the time spent cornering as most cornering is transitional. When a car with 50/50 weight distribution enters a corner it is slowing down and weight is being transferred from the rear to the front, which will cause it to understeer. When a car with a 50/50 weight distribution is accelerating out of the corner it won't be able to generate as much traction compared to a car with more weight on the rear tyres. |
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19-07-2008, 10:06 AM | #41 | |||
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For me it is fast with good feel so closer to 50/50 is better for me, others will be in a different range |
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Has anyone weighed a EB XR8 or EB GT to check weight distribution ?????
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10-11-2019, 10:00 AM | #43 | ||
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New Mid-Engine Corvette weight distribution is now 40% Front, 60% Rear
and is much faster through corners than the old front engines car. Mid engined cars are impractical as sedans but I think the new Electric vehicles with skateboard chassis placing batteries under the floorpan will prove to be light years in front of current ICE vehicles for handling and performance, they can effectively put 60% weight over the rear wheels and still have RWD and good regen braking. Last edited by jpd80; 10-11-2019 at 10:07 AM. |
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10-11-2019, 12:29 PM | #45 | ||
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Thanks for that , do you know what the actual weights on the front and rear axle are ?
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10-11-2019, 02:58 PM | #47 | ||
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All good, if anyone knows how much weight is on the front axle of EA thru to ED V8 falcon would be greatly appreciated .
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Almost as old as this thread eh?
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