So I got my car corner weighted/balanced and aligned yesterday....what do you think of the #'s?
10-21-2004, 08:19 AM
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So I got my car corner weighted/balanced and aligned yesterday....what do you think of the #'s?
This is as close as the guy was able to get it after 4-5 adjustments front/rear. He did all the adjustments with me sitting in the driver's seat. His initial readings showed that the entire left side of my car was 0.25 inches lower than the right side and had 65 lbs. extra weight on the rear left tire.
Here are the final numbers:
Left Front: 1179 lbs.
Right Front: 1110 lbs.
Left Rear: 764 lbs.
Right Rear: 696 lbs.
Front/Rear weight distribution: 61.1%/38.9%
Camber left/right: -1.5/ -1.75
Caster left/right: 4.5/4.5
Front Toe-in/out: 1/16 in. toe-out
Rear camber: -1.5/ -1.5
Rear toe: 0
The car feels well balanced on the street now. It just feels like a completely different car. I had to raise the height on all 4 corners a bit because the car was running too low. Those of you who've seen my car...I was pretty slammed for the past year. The car wasn't handling very good because I believe the coilovers were hitting the bump-stops and the rear springs may have been compressed to its limit.
I'm going to Streets of Willow tomorrow for a track day....two Audis representing. I'd say there are about 20-25 Evo8's attending. I'll let you guys know how well the car performs. I'm running brand new S03's on 18" SL's and Stoptech 355mm BBK with PBR Ultimate pads which I just bedded in over the weekend.
Let me know what you tuning guys think of these numbers.
Here are the final numbers:
Left Front: 1179 lbs.
Right Front: 1110 lbs.
Left Rear: 764 lbs.
Right Rear: 696 lbs.
Front/Rear weight distribution: 61.1%/38.9%
Camber left/right: -1.5/ -1.75
Caster left/right: 4.5/4.5
Front Toe-in/out: 1/16 in. toe-out
Rear camber: -1.5/ -1.5
Rear toe: 0
The car feels well balanced on the street now. It just feels like a completely different car. I had to raise the height on all 4 corners a bit because the car was running too low. Those of you who've seen my car...I was pretty slammed for the past year. The car wasn't handling very good because I believe the coilovers were hitting the bump-stops and the rear springs may have been compressed to its limit.
I'm going to Streets of Willow tomorrow for a track day....two Audis representing. I'd say there are about 20-25 Evo8's attending. I'll let you guys know how well the car performs. I'm running brand new S03's on 18" SL's and Stoptech 355mm BBK with PBR Ultimate pads which I just bedded in over the weekend.
Let me know what you tuning guys think of these numbers.
10-21-2004, 08:29 AM
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Unless I'm missing something, those cross weights look "off"
and there might be too much toe out up front for street driving (based on past recommendations posted here and in the performance forum).
10-21-2004, 08:34 AM
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Way off !!!
Sure those aren't the "before" numbers??? Else they don't know what they are doing.
The formula is LF + RR = RF + LR. That's what they should be shooting for.
Stephen
The formula is LF + RR = RF + LR. That's what they should be shooting for.
Stephen
10-21-2004, 08:36 AM
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Mine came out to ....
LF 1148 RF 1097
LR 808 RR 760
1905 and 1908 corner to corner.
3813 with driver
Obviously it was corner balanced with me in it.
This also accounts for about 2/3 tank of fuel.
Hope this helps.
LR 808 RR 760
1905 and 1908 corner to corner.
3813 with driver
Obviously it was corner balanced with me in it.
This also accounts for about 2/3 tank of fuel.
Hope this helps.
