steve40th

My 93 Coupe with regular top, R/D racing rollbar, thick sway bars(ZO7 bars), 17x9.5 wheels A Molds front and 17x11 rears weighed in at a cool 3275 with half a tank, by the bars on the digital dash.
LF 895, RF 890, LR 780, RR 710
W/Me in it 3480 LF 955, RF 880, LR 890, RR 755.
Steve

jwt1603

Nice car.

I'm in the process right now of reducing the weight of my 94. To help the front / rear and left / right balance I've pulled the AC out and am in the process of relocating the battery to the storage compartment behind the passenger seat. I'm also pulling the stock sport seats and replacing them with lightweight racing seats.

A friend did this to his and said he really likes the way it improved the balance and handling but both of ours are strickly track cars. I don't know how much difference it would make if the car is still street driven. Or if it would really be worth it. Having A/C can be really nice when it's hot outside.

Carolina C4 Racer

Hey Joe,
Check out the C4 tech section.
I listed my weights there.
All I can say is ... Lots of work, lots of money, & it's still HEAVY.
Anthony

steve40th

I can see relocating the battery, and that would help. But the AC, I wont want to lose that luxury. I track my car in autocross for fun, but until it gets serious, I will keep the AC

racerjon1

It doesn't look horrible, crossweight is at 49/51.. but remember for a true reading you need to have the anti-sway bars unhooked.

Jon K

Bill Hetzel

Correct Jon, I put cars on scales almost every week, always with the bars disconnected. But all the cars I do have adjustable sway bars and they can be set to neutral on the scales.
I would guess in Steve's case, the readings with the bars hooked up would be more important since the bars aren't adjustable.
Also, weighing the car without the driver doesn't tell you much except the total car weight. The car's not out on the track without a driver in it. And, remember that fuel weighs almost 7 lbs./gal. The fuel level will have an effect on the front to rear weight distribution.

racerjon1

That's the argument I get.. but all bars are at least binary in adjustment. (I have used that "on and off" a lot running the FWD Hondas in autocrossing)

I think the bigger thing is probably that he doesn't have the ability to adjust the corner weights, it isn't as big a deal, but since any discrepancy is going to be magnified and changed by sway bars, it still will be a little off of what you should see if you were taking a true baseline adjustment.

Jon K

NASCAR314

Can you adjust the rear spring bolts, the long ones at the ends, to add or subtract weight from the left or right rear corners? This of course will alter the front corners. But Is it possible to get a C4 weight equal from side to side? With driver weight in drivers seat? Only using rear spring bolts? Or, must you be able to adjust the front as well?

BTW: 96 convertible, full fuel tank, no driver = 3,380 lbs. I have not corner weighted the car yet (still lookin' for someone with scales )