Got the car corner balanced today. It made a pretty big difference in handling and braking, but it'll be much more quantifiable when I'm on the track or at a hillclimb. Torque steer lessened, and under heavy braking it now squats straight instead of squiggly. I'm really pleased with the results!
Now for some numbers.
The car weighs 1588lbs all by itself.
The hood/front weighs 42 pounds.
Before the corner balancing the values with me in the driver's seat were:
LF: 558
RF: 519
LR: 317
RR: 295
After corner balancing:
LF: 555
RF: 519
LR: 353
RR: 310
Now, I'm not sure exactly what is trying to be accomplished with this stuff, but it started out pretty close, but he got it SUPER close. So that's awesome.
I gotta say I'm a little disappointed by the total weight of the car; I was hoping it would be in the 1400's like it was before the transplant. But I guess when you put a bigger, heavier motor in .... your car weighs more even if you take out the heater core and put in lighter seats and take out carpeting and put on lighter wheels and rear trailing arms and lighter disc brakes and ... stuff. And apparently the minitec subframe is heavier than the stock front subframe too. But it's cool. A 1588 pound car is still a pretty light car. And it's cute!
Wednesday, August 13, 2008
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Fill the wheels with Helium.
Cycle until you weigh 90 lbs.
Carbon fiber carpet.
Visit toilet before every race.
I have no idea what those numbers mean. It looks like the Enigma Code.
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