Weight Balance

[FRA53R]

Correct me if I'm wrong. I have a mate who has a Citroen AX GT which he has stripped out to the point where the majority of the cars weight (Approx 65-70%) now sits over the front axle. I feel that this is probably disadvantageous to the handling and personally I would rather have a situation even in a fwd car that would be nearer 50/50. Am I mad or am I right?

[Meoricin]

FRA53R said:

Correct me if I'm wrong. I have a mate who has a Citroen AX GT which he has stripped out to the point where the majority of the cars weight (Approx 65-70%) now sits over the front axle. I feel that this is probably disadvantageous to the handling and personally I would rather have a situation even in a fwd car that would be nearer 50/50. Am I mad or am I right?

In theory the balance will be upset, but I wouldn't have thought the cornering speed would drop - and you'll make up speed on the straights from the loss of weight.

I doubt the car has lost more than 50kg max from the rear anyway though. When I stripped the interior from my old Metro I think I lost 30~ kg, and most of that weight was ahead of the rear wheels. Maybe enough to change the weight distribution from 70/30~ to 75/25~?

It won't have been 50/50 (probably not even close!) to start with.