Weighed my pig
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I weighed mine when I had a softtop. 2510 with me sitting in it. I weighed about 175 at the time, this is what determined my goal of 250 hp. Roughly 1hp per 10 lbs.
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Much older than mythbusters, it's just an old physics question. Guy with van full of birds is worried he'll break the bridge. Gets out and smacks the side of the van to make them fly around, reducing his weight by that of the birds. Q: does this work?
If that's 2300-2400 fully dressed, i'm not sure I have anything to worry about concerning my 2000lb goal. Is that with a roll bar?
If that's 2300-2400 fully dressed, i'm not sure I have anything to worry about concerning my 2000lb goal. Is that with a roll bar?
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Much older than mythbusters, it's just an old physics question. Guy with van full of birds is worried he'll break the bridge. Gets out and smacks the side of the van to make them fly around, reducing his weight by that of the birds. Q: does this work?
If that's 2300-2400 fully dressed, i'm not sure I have anything to worry about concerning my 2000lb goal. Is that with a roll bar?
If that's 2300-2400 fully dressed, i'm not sure I have anything to worry about concerning my 2000lb goal. Is that with a roll bar?
Back to the regularly scheduled programming...nice to have another actual real weight. How much of the wheel-to-wheel weight discrepancy can be evened out by adjusting coilover height without dramatically changing the height of each corner?
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I'm reading Mark Donahue's "The Unfair Advantage" right now, and he mentions that they "corner-weighted" a car by just blocking up the other 3 wheels to the same height as the scale. So, it'd be a hassle, but you could check all four corners individually and then make adjustments.
Pretty interesting reading about their limited knowledge of race prep back in the late 50's and 60's. Obviously the big teams knew more, but the difference between knowledge from amateur racers then and now is astounding.
Pretty interesting reading about their limited knowledge of race prep back in the late 50's and 60's. Obviously the big teams knew more, but the difference between knowledge from amateur racers then and now is astounding.
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I'm getting a bug about starting a new, lighter project, possibly with a much greater power to weight.
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