mattstead
Guest
Just incase anyones interested in their own car weight I shoved my 16v cupra on some corner weight scales yesterday. I was amazed by the figures.
It's a standard 1999 gti cupra with half leather interior, a janspeed exhaust, on the standard 16 inch wheels and just over a quarter of a tank of fuel and the spare wheel out. It now sits on Jamex coil overs (which I've managed to get driving nice and not bouncy) so I was intending on tweaking the coillys to address the corner weights but no need.
the figures were:
Left Front 357 KG -------- Right Front 354 KG
Left Rear 168 KG --------- Right rear 185 KG
Total weight 1064 KG
The important thing on FWD cars is a balance across the front axle in particular and the standard car certainly has that with 49.4 % left and 50.6 % right (most people are doing well if within 15% different).
Front to back is 33.2 % to the rear.
just out of interest it was 1076.5 KG with the spare wheel and tools back in.
It's a standard 1999 gti cupra with half leather interior, a janspeed exhaust, on the standard 16 inch wheels and just over a quarter of a tank of fuel and the spare wheel out. It now sits on Jamex coil overs (which I've managed to get driving nice and not bouncy) so I was intending on tweaking the coillys to address the corner weights but no need.
the figures were:
Left Front 357 KG -------- Right Front 354 KG
Left Rear 168 KG --------- Right rear 185 KG
Total weight 1064 KG
The important thing on FWD cars is a balance across the front axle in particular and the standard car certainly has that with 49.4 % left and 50.6 % right (most people are doing well if within 15% different).
Front to back is 33.2 % to the rear.
just out of interest it was 1076.5 KG with the spare wheel and tools back in.
