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1. weight (score: 1): Author: Scott Cowle <scowle@mentorcollege.edu>; Date: Thu, 08 Nov 2001 08:26:32 -0500; Would anyone out there volunteer information about how much their car weighs and how much weight they put into their cars for traction on the salt? Scott /// /// land-speed@autox.team.net mailing lis; /html/land-speed/2001-11/msg00213.html (7,449 bytes)
2. Re: weight (score: 1): Author: Flowbench@aol.com; Date: Thu, 8 Nov 2001 12:01:45 EST; << Would anyone out there volunteer information about how much their car weighs >> Scott car #265 weighs in at 5300+ pounds. Lots added to get a 48 to 52 front to rear distribution. Mike /// /// land; /html/land-speed/2001-11/msg00218.html (7,729 bytes)
3. Re: weight (score: 1): Author: Higginbotham Land Speed Racing <saltrat@pro-blend.com>; Date: Thu, 08 Nov 2001 11:27:40 -0600; The "Rose" weighs in at 2900 lbs in lakester configuration with a big block Chev in it. With 2 small block Chevs in liner configuration it weighs 3950 lbs. We havent had to add weight yet and probab; /html/land-speed/2001-11/msg00219.html (8,180 bytes)
4. Re: weight (score: 1): Author: "Keith Turk" <kturk@ala.net>; Date: Thu, 8 Nov 2001 15:08:32 -0600; Scott the Camaro wgts 3200 and change without the ballast and we add around 600lbs at Bonneville. K -- block 3950 in /// /// land-speed@autox.team.net mailing list /// To unsubscribe send a plain tex; /html/land-speed/2001-11/msg00220.html (8,710 bytes)
5. Re: weight (score: 1): Author: "landspeedracer" <landspeedracer@msn.com>; Date: Thu, 8 Nov 2001 16:28:11 -0500; My old Chevette weighted 3,300 lbs and we just added the driver for ballast. JB /// /// land-speed@autox.team.net mailing list /// To unsubscribe send a plain text message to majordomo@autox.team.ne; /html/land-speed/2001-11/msg00221.html (8,226 bytes)
6. Re: weight (score: 1): Author: "landspeedracer" <landspeedracer@msn.com>; Date: Thu, 8 Nov 2001 16:32:11 -0500; 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.c; /html/land-speed/2001-11/msg00222.html (8,277 bytes)
7. Re: weight (score: 1): Author: "Keith Turk" <kturk@ala.net>; Date: Thu, 8 Nov 2001 16:21:22 -0600; 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 i; /html/land-speed/2001-11/msg00223.html (9,363 bytes)
8. Weight (score: 1): Author: "Thomas E. Bryant" <saltracer@awwwsome.com>; Date: Thu, 08 Nov 2001 14:16:50 -0800; When we built the #216 in 1992 we carried no extra ballast. We ran that way until 1997 when my son started driving. He had problems spinning at each of the three meets that year getting upside down; /html/land-speed/2001-11/msg00224.html (9,249 bytes)
9. Re: weight (score: 1): Author: "Keith Turk" <kturk@ala.net>; Date: Thu, 8 Nov 2001 16:24:56 -0600; forgot to delete the trailer.... hmmm K -- SpeedRacing <saltrat@pro-blend.com>; Scott Cowle <scowle@mentorcollege.edu>; land-speed@autox.team.net to /// /// land-speed@autox.team.net mailing list ///; /html/land-speed/2001-11/msg00225.html (10,125 bytes)
10. Weight (score: 1): Author: "Thomas E. Bryant" <saltracer@awwwsome.com>; Date: Thu, 08 Nov 2001 14:20:46 -0800; By the way #216 weighs about 2600 lbs. without the driver, as it is now running (no ballast). Tom, Redding CA - #216 D/GCC /// /// land-speed@autox.team.net mailing list /// To unsubscribe send a pl; /html/land-speed/2001-11/msg00226.html (8,030 bytes)
11. weight (score: 1): Author: "Rose & Terry Hunt" <hunt@Kuentos.guam.net>; Date: Fri, 9 Nov 2001 09:12:01 +1000; The Guam Bomb, #743 Studebaker was built heavy and weighed 3150 without ballast. I had the opportunity the put the car on a four scale setup like the stock car guys use. As a result I added 35# just; /html/land-speed/2001-11/msg00227.html (9,091 bytes)
12. Re: weight (score: 1): Author: Want1937hd@aol.com; Date: Thu, 8 Nov 2001 19:30:25 EST; When you guys install lead shot, how do you keep it in one place? I'm sure you don't want the stuff rolling around. Bob in connecticut /// /// land-speed@autox.team.net mailing list /// To unsubscrib; /html/land-speed/2001-11/msg00229.html (8,316 bytes)
13. Re: weight (score: 1): Author: "landspeedracer" <landspeedracer@msn.com>; Date: Thu, 8 Nov 2001 19:34:28 -0500; 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 distri; /html/land-speed/2001-11/msg00230.html (10,602 bytes)
14. Re: weight (score: 1): Author: Joe Timney <joetimney@dol.net>; Date: Thu, 08 Nov 2001 20:03:18 -0500; I can't remember what the Balance Ratio was when I weighed it at Maxton. I remember it was nose heavy, 52 or 53%!?! The Ballast, joe /// /// land-speed@autox.team.net mailing list /// To unsubscribe; /html/land-speed/2001-11/msg00231.html (8,959 bytes)
15. Re: weight (score: 1): Author: "landspeedracer" <landspeedracer@msn.com>; Date: Thu, 8 Nov 2001 20:44:50 -0500; 51% front 49% rear. -- Original Message -- From: "Joe Timney" <joetimney@dol.net> To: "landspeedracer" <landspeedracer@msn.com> Cc: "Scott Cowle" <scowle@mentorcollege.edu>; <land-speed@autox.team.ne; /html/land-speed/2001-11/msg00232.html (9,483 bytes)
16. Re: weight (score: 1): Author: "Nafzger" <nafzger@vtc.net>; Date: Thu, 8 Nov 2001 19:18:58 -0700; Weight in the rear is good for traction but once you get up to a speed where you have lot's of aerodynamic pressure on the front of the car, it's not good to have a rearward weight bias. At that poi; /html/land-speed/2001-11/msg00234.html (12,448 bytes)
17. Re: weight (score: 1): Author: "Nafzger" <nafzger@vtc.net>; Date: Thu, 8 Nov 2001 19:53:34 -0700; I'm obviously getting old and can't proof read my own stuff. The center of aerodynamic pressure MUST be BEHIND the center of gravity.Sor ry for acting stupid. At least you had something to laugh abo; /html/land-speed/2001-11/msg00235.html (13,626 bytes)
18. Re: weight (score: 1): Author: Rick Hammond <r.hammond@sympatico.ca>; Date: Thu, 08 Nov 2001 22:07:28 -0500; Howard, Don't be so hard on yourself; plenty of us still believe a good flame paint job will shift the COG back ;-) Cheers, Rick /// /// land-speed@autox.team.net mailing list /// To unsubscribe send; /html/land-speed/2001-11/msg00237.html (10,491 bytes)
19. Re: weight (score: 1): Author: DaCudaKid@aol.com; Date: Thu, 8 Nov 2001 22:29:31 EST; I thought the flames were good for an extra 60 mph? Mike in L.A. /// /// land-speed@autox.team.net mailing list /// To unsubscribe send a plain text message to majordomo@autox.team.net /// with nothi; /html/land-speed/2001-11/msg00238.html (8,386 bytes)
20. Re: weight (score: 1): Author: "rgribble" <rgribble@carolina.rr.com>; Date: Fri, 9 Nov 2001 00:19:46 -0800; For what it's worth, the T'Bird weighs in at 3200 lbs (52% forward) which is what I run at Maxton. For Bonneville I added 400 lbs of lead cause everybody said I had to and I kept the same weight rat; /html/land-speed/2001-11/msg00239.html (9,634 bytes)

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