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Originally Posted by guye
...That's 55% /45%.
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That surprised me a bit - I thought it might be closer to 50/50 or 51/49 split.
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We put a lot of energy into the initial PACE 427 design to produce the lowest moment of inertia we could. Basically we moved all the mass we could towards the center of the vehicle.
This complimented another one of our design requirements, having rear weight bias. As our business has a mid-engine background we have learnt the benefit of running rear weight bias - improved off the line grip, improved corner exit grip, etc. Especially with big horsepower. (The average HP in a PACE 427 would be over 600HP!!!)
Guy, so in my opinion your 55/45 (rear-front) weight distribution will serve you well. Our weight balance generally ranges from 52/48 to basically 55/45 depending on the drivetrain an owner fits and where they locate heavier items like battery, etc.
We are in a lucky position to say it works. We already have street cars doing what we consider to be incredible track times and the cars will just keep on getting faster. We also have street cars producing exceptional standing start launches and straight line times. Let the good times roll...
There are lots of other cool performance type design features in the PACE 427 as well...these will need to be discussed another day.