Fuel tank leveling
Drifting
Joined: Jul 2005
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From: Baltimore MD
Ok, I read the write up again, this still sounds screwy to me - let's say I'm in my car - I weigh 190lbs - according to the write up the "RIGHT" tank empties before the "LEFT" tank. Seems to me if they really wanted to balance weight out in the rear and btw I believe the weight ration of the coupe is approximately 49/51 (front to rear), then they should have drawn gas from the left tank first leaving the right tank to balance the weight left to right - suspect that most of the time the car has one person the driver - sitting behind the wheel on the left.
Just the way I see it
Just the way I see it
Safety Car
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From: San Rafael CA
IrishJoker,
I totally agree with your logic ... it would seem that draining the RIGHT tank first would better offset the driver's weight. However, again, Chevy MIGHT have pre-loaded the car to off-set the driver's weight .... battery on the right side, etc.
Without putting the car on a 4-wheel scale, it is just a guess as to how the fuel load affects weight distribution .... but the load per tank is under 60 pounds, so unless you are racing the car, I kinda doubt you'll notice a significant handling difference ... I weigh about 150 - 155 so the car has about a 30 to 40 lb difference depending on whether you or I are driving it !!!!
I totally agree with your logic ... it would seem that draining the RIGHT tank first would better offset the driver's weight. However, again, Chevy MIGHT have pre-loaded the car to off-set the driver's weight .... battery on the right side, etc.
Without putting the car on a 4-wheel scale, it is just a guess as to how the fuel load affects weight distribution .... but the load per tank is under 60 pounds, so unless you are racing the car, I kinda doubt you'll notice a significant handling difference ... I weigh about 150 - 155 so the car has about a 30 to 40 lb difference depending on whether you or I are driving it !!!!
Safety Car
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From: San Rafael CA
Though that will probably change with the Chinese market growing by leaps and bounds ....
