Put the car on scales...workout schedule still good
After the rear shock change to Breeze Coilovers I thought I should check the corner weights on the car....lol...43% corner weight....geez... So, after about an hour here are they results....
__________________
FFR5020 MK III Whitby body +paint, sai mod, Tremec,408, Cobra/Oben brakes , Halibrands, mass flo , gas n pipes, levy rad team3 spinners.Fortes driveshaft, pulleys ,and quick release steering
i am very surprised they would differ so much no matter what's stuffed into our cars. with the engine offset to the right, that's already in our favor.
Looks good to me. Your LR is 130 # heavier than the LF. and your RR is 125# heavier than your RF. that will give you very equal cornering balance in both directions. The right side is light and so you may have a RF brake locking before the LF but all you can do now is try to move weight to the right front. This is the problem w/ a relatively light car that plops the driver barely in front of the LR wheel. You can crank a little ride height into the LR,assuming it's low, which will help the RF brake lockup by adding weight there. But you can't go too far w/ that or the cornering will be messed up.
__________________
FFR 5353K,351/400hp,TKO 500, 3-link w/3.08 and Truetrac, Koni DA coilovers front and rear,APE hardtop,Forte front and VPM rear swaybars
Those are really good numbers Erik. I get a kick out of guys that tell me their cars weigh 2200 LBS and have never had the car on the scales. If they only knew what the car really weighed. Mine is within a few Lbs. of yours at 2745. I wish more would take weighting the car as seriously as it is. Off soapbox..........
__________________
Frank
______________________________________________
Currently 2280 ready to race with the extra cage and other stuff
__________________
FFR5148K MkII Roadster, FRP 306 345HP w/ carb, 3-link, disc brakes, Still Gel-Coat Grey! Now with roll cage and more track stuff, wrecked, beaten, man-handled, cut up, butchered, Freaky body mods, sat on by HOOTERS girls, still barely street legal.
Shell Valley Daytona Coupe, (SOLD and thankful for it) 550HP 347, T56 Six Speed.
1957 Ford Thunderbird
"It's loud, smells like gasoline, and shakes, shudders, and bucks. It makes your arms tired and your feet hot. You nearly crash about once every ten minutes. It's so damn wonderful you can’t believe it." -Automobile Mag. Oct. '04
I think my Engine and Tranny package is another 74 lbs when compared to your 302's....so not bad in my book...I have plenty of "umf" to push the extra "stuff" down the road anyway
Mine weighs 2521 and makes 705. 3.54lbs/HP sort of fast....
sort of fast? geez... more like fast enough ... too funny.... that car is in a whole other bracket... need to be careful the rotation of earth isn't effected when you give demo rides....hee hee
.../I get a kick out of guys that tell me their cars weigh 2200 LBS and have never had the car on the scales. If they only knew what the car really weighed./...
__________________
FFR5148K MkII Roadster, FRP 306 345HP w/ carb, 3-link, disc brakes, Still Gel-Coat Grey! Now with roll cage and more track stuff, wrecked, beaten, man-handled, cut up, butchered, Freaky body mods, sat on by HOOTERS girls, still barely street legal.
Is that with you in it and fuel? If so that is impressive. I'm about the same as Erik's. Cheers.
That's without me in it. But it does have a lakewood heavy as crap bellhousing, a supercharger, two turbos, air to water intercooler, intercooler pump, intercooler heat exchanger and an iron block DOHC 4.6 motor. The extra weight is worth it everytime I open the hood for someone. It usually takes 15 seconds for them to see that it has turbos and a supercharger
__________________
Wayne Presley www.verycoolparts.com
My contact info for bar code reader apps for smartphones
The X-Terminator - Twin Turbos feeding a Supercharged 4.6 DOHC
A little different class but when I was running my DSR the car weighed about 850LBs with 3 gallons of fuel with 195 HP which is 4.35 LB/HP and would generate up to around 3500 LB of down force.
I may not be up there with the Big Dogs but it is one Hot Hot Rod with excellent street manors on Goodyear Blue Streak tires.
Jack
__________________
Judged Best In Class; Production Road Racer at World Of Wheels Chicago 2013. Ford BOSS 347 short block, Dart Al heads.. 360 RWHP, T-5 Z, IRS W/ Detroit Truetrac & 3.73s, SN95 spindles 99 PBR brakes, AGR Power Steering, and a Load of engineering changes. Graduation Post #22 http://www.ffcars.com/forums/17-fact...fr-5773-a.html
Found an added benefit of corner weighing the car....as the tires are lighting up going through 50-60 mph and through 80 mph the car tracks VERY straight and no more tank slappers.....very cool! the car is A TON more sure footed to drive....what a blast!
Welcome to FFCars! The
representations expressed are the representations and opinions of
the FFCars.com forum members and do not necessarily reflect the
opinions and viewpoints of the site owners, moderators, Factory Five
Racing, Inc. or Ford Motor Company. This website
has been planned and developed by FFCars.com and its forum members
and should not be construed as being endorsed by Factory Five
Racing, Inc. or Ford Motor Company for any
purpose. "FFR", "Factory Five", "Factory Five Racing", and the
Factory Five Racing logo are registered trademarks of Factory Five
Racing, Inc. FFCars.com forum members agree not to
post any copyrighted material unless the copyrighted material is
owned by you. Although we do not and cannot review the messages
posted and are not responsible for the content of any of these
messages, we reserve the right to delete any message for any reason
whatsoever. You remain solely responsible for the content of your
messages, and you agree to indemnify and hold us harmless with
respect to any claim based upon transmission of your message(s).
Thank you for visiting the FFCars.com Forum dedicated to Factory
Five.
and my 153 lbs butt in the car
Xterminator
Linear Mode
