I am mere days away from installing coil overs and cutting substantially more weight out of my Spyder. So, to get an idea where I am as far as balance I filled up the fuel tank to the very top and purchased some scales. Now, I happen to know the rough weight of my car so I had a very high level of confidence that 650 LB capacity would do just fine.
These scales are available for $42 each shipped from eBay. They operate on either AC or 4xAA batteries each and are available in various ranges. So, take care to order the right capacity for your car!!!!!
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When the scales came in I was actually surprised by the quality packaging and self centering floating legs (perfect for shifting loads when jacking a car).
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I noted that an offset of 0.2 LBS showed up on one of the scales after a few hundred pounds was placed on it. Could have been due to slight movement on the floor when I placed the car on them. But, in general the scales settled out quickly and stabilized much faster than I expected. Within about 10 seconds!
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Note that these were NOT leveled and I did not load, unload, tare and reload. So accuracy could probably be better. I also did not give them time to warm up and stabilize. Though, there seemed to be no drift. So I am quite happy. Can you tell what side of the car the engine is on?
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The scales seem to be reasonably accurate on the low end too. According to Willwood this should be 4.3 LBS and this is after the scale just had 600 LBS on it.
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The corner balance with the full tank turned out like this for the unlevel floor on the OE springs with KYB black struts. I am really hopeful that by next weekend I can have the chassis under 2000 lbs full wet! But we will see. Really, at this point what is important is the balance. Kinda cool how it is almost dead nuts 40/60 split.
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These scales are available for $42 each shipped from eBay. They operate on either AC or 4xAA batteries each and are available in various ranges. So, take care to order the right capacity for your car!!!!!
When the scales came in I was actually surprised by the quality packaging and self centering floating legs (perfect for shifting loads when jacking a car).
I noted that an offset of 0.2 LBS showed up on one of the scales after a few hundred pounds was placed on it. Could have been due to slight movement on the floor when I placed the car on them. But, in general the scales settled out quickly and stabilized much faster than I expected. Within about 10 seconds!
Note that these were NOT leveled and I did not load, unload, tare and reload. So accuracy could probably be better. I also did not give them time to warm up and stabilize. Though, there seemed to be no drift. So I am quite happy. Can you tell what side of the car the engine is on?
The scales seem to be reasonably accurate on the low end too. According to Willwood this should be 4.3 LBS and this is after the scale just had 600 LBS on it.
The corner balance with the full tank turned out like this for the unlevel floor on the OE springs with KYB black struts. I am really hopeful that by next weekend I can have the chassis under 2000 lbs full wet! But we will see. Really, at this point what is important is the balance. Kinda cool how it is almost dead nuts 40/60 split.
