How to stop weight transfer
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Racer
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From: grimsby Ontario
How to stop weight transfer
Any experience with stopping the weight transfer on acceleration and braking. I have a 2007 c6 2lt. I have put on Z06 brakes and a few bolt ons. On acceleration I feel the front end lift big time and hard braking feels like i'm going to bottom out ... any ideas 
Ron
Ron
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From: Opelika Alabama
weight tranfer on accel. is normal and good it plants the rear end, in drag racing they allow the front end to "float" if the nose is diving then I agree with the other guy try the Bilstein sport shocks, if yours is a base {non Z51} put the Z51 sways on and you will be amazed!!!!!
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Technically, you can't "Stop" weight transfer; you control it with springs & dampers. Your roll center, dictated by the suspension geometry, will also help control weight transfer.
Braking transfers weight forward increasing the contact patches of the front tires allowing you to stop in a shorter distance. Accelerating transfers weight to the rear tires increasing rear tire contact patches giving you more traction to accelerate.
Using weight transfer to your advantage gets you faster lap times
Braking transfers weight forward increasing the contact patches of the front tires allowing you to stop in a shorter distance. Accelerating transfers weight to the rear tires increasing rear tire contact patches giving you more traction to accelerate.
Using weight transfer to your advantage gets you faster lap times
