Quote Originally Posted by GM_TUNER
Now, if someone could answer me this;

How do you check to see how balanced or un-balanced your car is, as far as front/rear weight distribution??
And what might be the "ideal" distribution for a FWD car to have?
...I'm whoring this thread up... BUT to answer your question, if i remember correctly from when i had a db1 they have a weight distribution of 62f/39r +- a few.


Weight over drive wheels is only good for traction on slippery surfaces like snow/ice and wet to a small extent. Extra weight under most other racing situations hurts performance in every way. Even for drag racing, the small traction benefit in the first 20 feet does not outweigh the disadvantage of having to accelerate the extra mass for another 1300 feet.

It is highly unlikely (not to say impossible) to end up with a 50/50 distribution with a FWD front-engine car. At least just by shedding weight/replacing with lightweight parts. The obvious reason, of course, is that the engine/tranny is hanging above/in front of the front wheels... Whatever weight you can remove ANYWHERE in the car will be an advantage just about from just about any point of view when it comes to performance potential. Dont worry too much about weight distribution - the pieces that you can actually remove - replace - relocate, will not affect it by more than a couple of percentage points, if that.

-jonathan