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Ben Lipman
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Sunday, July 20, 2014 - 03:56 pm, by:  Ben Lipman (Ben12a)

Paul- yep, 57% of the weight is on the front wheels, 43%rear. This is with about a quarter of a tank plus a 10kg weight on top (simulates 1/2 a tank total weight)

The cross weights are pretty bad - with a 60kg difference. I am going to go out and try a few things to see if I can "add" 15 kg to the left front and right rear corners, simultaneously taking 15kg "off" the right front and left rear without destroying the ride heights too much.

Clearly the optimal solution is to find 48kg in the front right corner and bin it. Unfortunately I need the brakes, air filter, turbos, powersteering etc that are located in the front right quadrant of the car. I might save a couple of kilos if I make my own steering column, and Kurts intake piping (made in alloy) might also save a kilo or two. Another kilo might be hiding in a custom pedal box, after ditching the brake booster. There is a couple of grand there for those kilos.

The other option is to see if there is any weight savings in cutting the steel inner guards and radiator supports etc out and replacing them.

I am a bit disappointed with the total weight of 1374 kg. I really hoped it was much closer to 1300kg. Time to rip the cage out and remake using 2 inch thin wall exhaust pipe, LOL.

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