George, in my roadster, I'm using a water tank in
the right front seat as ballast equal to my own
weight. (225 pounds of coolant). Just use a
tank that is full, that way there is no problem
with weight shift when the car moves around.
Dick J
--- George Mitchell
<americanpartnerinrussia@starpower.net> wrote:
> List ,
> I have seen on many LSR cars that a water tank
> seems to be an effective and
> commonly used method for additional ballast to
> cars ( correct me if Im wrong
> here-- ballasl or coolong or both?)
>
> Anyway, I guess my question is , dont you run
> the risk of weight shifting
> around and upseting the car. I know that the
> various venues are flat and
> there is less of a chance of side to side
> movement , but isnt this a risk--
> even in the case of a bump. Am I thinking wrong
> ? It would seem to me that
> what is essentially a movable ballast could get
> you in unwanted trouble.
> Just wondering on a Sunday with no Redskins to
> watch -- thankfully.
> George in DC
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-land-speed@autox.team.net
> [mailto:owner-land-speed@autox.team.net]On
> Behalf Of Keith Turk
> Sent: Sunday, December 17, 2000 8:02 AM
> To: land-speed@autox.team.net
> Subject: Weather
>
>
> Weather yesterday was interesting... I was out
> there in a T-shirt putting in
> Ducting and Miss Kathy wanted to go get a
> Tree.... it was raining... (
> Perfect for tree shopping ) it was still well
> into the 70's
>
> Then we got some VERY UGLY thunderstorms....
> decided to watch the weather
> channel for a min.... thought maybe I oughta
> come down from the attic... it
> was that Ugly...Wow...
>
> Oh well now it's time to go put them ducts
> in..... ya'll have a Nice
> sunday....
>
> Keith
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