corner-weighting?
Race Director
Joined: Mar 2005
Posts: 10,399
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From: Austin Texas
Corner weighted mine nearly a year ago. The corner settings were very close to desired front to rear and left to right.. The only adjustment for corner weight is ride height, when you change ride height you change corner weight. I was told by the Alignment shop owner that adjustments are only on the diagonal,i.e.; lower the right front you move weight off the left rear or lower the left rear and you move the weight off the right front.
My car totally stock with my 170#'s in it, a 1/4 tank of gas and around 10#'s of tools, manuals, etc. was 901#LF, 914#RF, 819#LR, 784#RR.
Make sure you are in the drivers seat (or have equal weight to compensate) if you make any changes.
My car totally stock with my 170#'s in it, a 1/4 tank of gas and around 10#'s of tools, manuals, etc. was 901#LF, 914#RF, 819#LR, 784#RR.
Make sure you are in the drivers seat (or have equal weight to compensate) if you make any changes.
Former Vendor
Joined: May 2005
Posts: 3,749
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From: Valencia Ca
Corner weighting is good - a few hints:
1) Do alignment first
2) disconnect sway bars
3) corner weight by adjusting ride height screws
4) re-connect sway bars (with car on the tires to ensure that the sway bars are neutral - i.e. - not loading the chassis)
WARNING:
I know one shop that cranks the sway bar end links around and calls that "corner weighting" - be careful to choose your chassis set-up shop.
1) Do alignment first
2) disconnect sway bars
3) corner weight by adjusting ride height screws
4) re-connect sway bars (with car on the tires to ensure that the sway bars are neutral - i.e. - not loading the chassis)
WARNING:
I know one shop that cranks the sway bar end links around and calls that "corner weighting" - be careful to choose your chassis set-up shop.
Race Director
Joined: Sep 1999
Posts: 12,435
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From: CONCORD NC
Mine was off quite a bit, and I reset everying. btw, if you use the stock sway bar end links (non adjuastable), you're wasting your time. You need to re-attach the sway bars with adjustable links, or the bar will jack weight into the springs.
btw, in the C5/C6, driver weight makes very little difference in corner weigts. I do my race car without getting in to save time, as repeated setups have shown it just doesn't matter. However, fuel may. Since the car pumps fuel from side-to-side, it is impossible to predict how much and where the fuel will be at any time.
btw, in the C5/C6, driver weight makes very little difference in corner weigts. I do my race car without getting in to save time, as repeated setups have shown it just doesn't matter. However, fuel may. Since the car pumps fuel from side-to-side, it is impossible to predict how much and where the fuel will be at any time.
