$75 isnt too bad, but trying to drop a car off and pick it up is a ginormous
hassle when you work 5 days week. however, theres no room at home to use
those lever thingys.
i hadnt considered this before, but lots of caster makes the corner weights
change everytime you turn the wheel. i think ill dial mine down. the
greased plates are to reduce the effect of side loading.
and of course, this should be done with the sway bars disconnected so the
preload will be correct.
think its too much trouble to fool with cross weights? david borden kept
wondering why he would get 1.4 g's on left turns and only 1.2 g's on right
turns. crossweights. and thats a big difference.
thanks all, ill keep thinking.
-james c
----- Original Message -----
From: "Barry Spencer" <bspencer@tsoft.com>
To: "james creasy" <james@thevenom.net>; "Bay Area Racers"
<ba-autox@autox.team.net>
Sent: Monday, October 21, 2002 06:00 PM
Subject: Re: ghetto cross weighting?
> To all,
> Unfortunately there is no inexpensive way to purchase the right equipment
to
> do an accurate corner weight setup. Bathroom scales are not accurate
enough
> to use as corner weight scales. The setup has to be perfectly level. If
one
> corner is off by 1/8" on a 3000lb car the corner weights will be off by
> approx 100lbs. For example, that 1/8" is too high on the L/R and it will
> increase the weight by 25 lbs and increase that same amount on the R/F.
So,
> it will decrease 50 pounds from the L/F and the R/R ='s 100lbs. Also,
every
> time you change the camber it changes the corner weights, because the tire
> contact patch has moved. On my Europa a 1/2deg camber charge at the rear
> will change the corner weights by 60lbs. Alignments and corner weights
> should be setup at the same time.
>
> It only costs $75 to have the corner weight setup on most cars.
>
> Barry Spencer
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "james creasy" <james@thevenom.net>
> To: "Bay Area Racers" <ba-autox@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Monday, October 21, 2002 5:28 PM
> Subject: ghetto cross weighting?
>
>
> > ive seen some designs using bathroom scales, levers and greased steel
> > sheets. my corner weights were so far off this last weekend at first i
> was
> > lifting a front tire 8 inches off the ground (with video to prove it)
and
> > smoking the inside tire on every right hand turn. (no wonder the two
> > diagonal tires wore out so quick and why my car doesnt turn right)
> >
> > i was wondering if anyone here uses an inexpensive method.
> >
> > getting the weights done at a shop isnt going to work for me as i change
> > stuff too often.
> >
> > thanks,
> >
> > -james c
> > OSP #74
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