weight Distribution

[turbojolt]

So if I wanted to find out the weight Distribution of a car where and or how could I do it ?

The reason I ask is I can see my self trying to improve it in the future by lighting my front end with fiberglass panels to take away from the excess weight of the xe being there, I know I properly won't ever bother but I still want to know lol

[mowgli]

you basically weigh all 4 wheels at the same time with corner scales...then do some sums.

[Connor]

I have the sums here to work out the centre of gravity here, then you work from there

[turbojolt]

Yer but where can you have it done mate

[swedge]

someone with 4 scales that can weigh up to the weight of a nova lol

[mowgli]

look in ppc mag. they go to a place in northampton.

[turbojolt]

What's ppc mate

[wwmnw]

Practical Performance Car.

http://www.ppcmag.co.uk/

[turbojolt]

I see that mag in Asda all the time but have never brought it lol

[wwmnw]

You never bought it and brought it home?

[turbojolt]

That's the one

[tom reid]

Yer but where can you have it done mate

Here, I have a set of car weighing scales.

[turbojolt]

How much mate? I don't have my car back yet but would be interesting to have it done, as I've never seen anyone on here do it lol

[tom reid]

Pm sent

[General Baxter]

jack it up put a axle stand under the centre of the car, then start removing and moving things about till its balanced, thats the midlands way

[turbojolt]

Lmfao you midland pikey you lol

[Iain]

Rofl that's genius Baxter.

[Chrishowes]

Lmfao the midlands way (thumbs up) :p

[Bean,]

We can also do it here in Bromsgrove. Do you just want to know the current wieght's or want a setup?

[turbojolt]

Right now only want to know the weights to see any further improvements on the % front to back

[turbojolt]

P.s I have no idea how far you are from me

[Bean,]

M5 J4 or M42 J1
5 mins from there

[BRoadGhost]

"...Jack the car up and..." fail. Think about it.

If you're smart you could make your own corner scales like I did for less than £40. What surprised me was the N/s front being heavier than O/s...

[turbojolt]

And how did you do it then mate

[wwmnw]

4 sets of bathroom scales, a kipper and a bottle of orange soda?

[General Baxter]

P.s I have no idea how far you are from me

cloes enough to feel the heat blast from my engine malfunctions lol

[wwmnw]

cloes enough to feel the heat blast from my engine malfunctions lol

Even I can feel them mate lol

[mowgli]

I blame them for my hair loss

[mowgli]

"...jack the car up and..." fail. Think about it..


its what passes for humour in our part of the world.... Of course it won't work, but would be funny to see someone try....

[turbojolt]

Lol I know what a plum

[Iain]

There's a few guides around about using 4/8 sets of cheap scales, but if Tom's offering he's not far away and you'll no doubt get some good advice to go with it.

[turbojolt]

Sounds like my best bet really, just need to get the car back now lol

[turbojolt]

And the other thing is I don't want to have a car that's only good on the straight like people say about big block novas, I want it to be able to handle the power lol that why I want to keep the engine std and just spend money getting the handling spot on

[mowgli]

People who say an xe nova is only good in a straight line fall into 2 groups, and both are wrong.

[toymex]

Here, I have a set of car weighing scales.
And mines 60/40:d

[brainsnova]

Get someone to drive over your foot with each wheel then mark them out of ten

[BRoadGhost]

Yeah you want four bathroom scales per corner & some MDF to ensure each wheel is at the same height.

The only reason why I said fail at jacking it is because the moment you start taking readings from the car not as it would be at rest on the road then they're wrong.

Toymex is that an xe nova?