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Old 06-05-2014, 05:35 AM
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Default Check Your Weights First

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Originally Posted by cscobra View Post
As far as weight distribution gains, the ERA 427 already has 52% of its weight on the rear wheels thanks to the car being essentially a front mid-engine design. How much more do you need?
Listen to CSCobra and run a test before you try and fix something that might not be wrong to begin with. Here are my corner weights, with me in the driver's seat and a half tank of gas. Why would I want to move my battery away from the right front? The all-important cross-weight percentages are 49.9/50.1 -- moving the battery, for me, would not be productive.

Left Front (703) Right Front (667)
Left Rear (756) Right Rear (725)

Front Percentage: 48.1%
Rear Percentage: 51.9%

Left Percentage: 51.2%
Right Percentage: 48.8%
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