what exactly is corner weighting?

[m3jappa]

ive heard of it but what exactly are the advantages,im just about to get some pss9 and new uprated arbs for my m3 so would like it spot on
cheers

[GreenV8S]

Corner weighting is basically about taking the torsional preload out of the chassis. The torsional preload is very bad for handling because it makes the car handle differently in left and right hand turns. Think of a car with perfectly equal weight distribution, then jack up diagonally opposite corners so those wheels take more weight. Corner weighting evens the weight distribution out again. In practice the center of gravity is never exactly central either side-to-side or front-to-back, so corner weighting doesn't give you equal corner weights, what it does do is take out the torsional preload.

[m3jappa]

thanks for the reply,is there anyone to be recommended in the essex area
cheers

[CombeMarshal]

Yeah, always makes me laugh when BMW say they have near perfect 50 50 weight distribuiton, Fine, if you don't want to put no Fuel, lugage or people inside it!

[taffyracer]

Dave Kear at Mtech is based outside of Southend and does all the Kumho and Production BMW cars and can do corner weighting