I am finding this weight thread very interesting. I tried ballest in the
Chevette, roughtly in the middle of the car, with no effect on the handling
and slightly slower speeds. Had good weight distribution to begin with I
guess. Most of you have found like I did that a little more weight in the
front is good for handling. Lets here from more of you.
JB
----- Original Message -----
From: "Keith Turk" <kturk@ala.net>
To: "landspeedracer" <landspeedracer@msn.com>; "Higginbotham Land Speed
Racing" <saltrat@pro-blend.com>; "Scott Cowle" <scowle@mentorcollege.edu>;
<land-speed@autox.team.net>
Sent: Thursday, November 08, 2001 5:21 PM
Subject: Re: weight
> We had around 200mph the first year out there with no Ballast.... wasn't
> much fun.
>
> The Ballast just makes the car more stable and honestly based on the
> quarter speeds this year the ballast isn't an issue .... we have the Hp to
> move it... all we gotta do is have the Hp for a longer period of time.
>
> Keith
>
> ----------
> > From: landspeedracer <landspeedracer@msn.com>
> > To: Keith Turk <kturk@ala.net>; Higginbotham Land Speed Racing
> <saltrat@pro-blend.com>; Scott Cowle <scowle@mentorcollege.edu>;
> land-speed@autox.team.net
> > Subject: Re: weight
> > Date: Thursday, November 08, 2001 3:32 PM
> >
> > K
> >
> > How much Ballast would you need to add if you were only running 200 to
> 210
> > MPH?
> >
> > JB
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Keith Turk" <kturk@ala.net>
> > To: "Higginbotham Land Speed Racing" <saltrat@pro-blend.com>; "Scott
> Cowle"
> > <scowle@mentorcollege.edu>; <land-speed@autox.team.net>
> > Sent: Thursday, November 08, 2001 4:08 PM
> > Subject: Re: weight
> >
> >
> > > Scott the Camaro wgts 3200 and change without the ballast and we add
> > around
> > > 600lbs at Bonneville.
> > >
> > > K
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