Rob Navin Posted June 21, 2004 Share Posted June 21, 2004 Thanks Andy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike-SEiW Posted June 21, 2004 Share Posted June 21, 2004 Hm...I just added up all the weights I've taken off my car since it was weighed in at 701kgs: One spare wheel: 18,5kgs + 0.5kg for spare wheel bracket Four steel wheels: 11kg per corner weight diff: 44kgs Weighted pax seat: 8kg difference to what's in now Lead weights: 76kg Extra silencer: 5kg Tools 4kg Adding this up, it comes to a whopping 156kgs Hmm. that puts the weight at 545kg ex driver with half a tank of gas with all the oil and coolant it should have. I have to get this checked, sounds too good to be true (I must have miscalculated somewhere). Edited to add: I did miscalculate. Steelies are 4kgs less than what I measured first (read the scales wrong ). So add 20kgs. Still not too shabby. I'm happy anyway with 565kg. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ACW Posted June 21, 2004 Share Posted June 21, 2004 Ive now got loads of data and will be producing an article for Westfield World as well as getting some of the data published on the speedseries pages courtesy of Barney. I was planning on looking at corner weights with drivers for comparison / discussion of setup techniques and all out weight. Cant get over the weight of Barneys Blade at 370Kgs and Robs X-flow at 476Kgs. Ive driven the X-flow and it is mighty capable beast and it feels light in the handling. I cant wait to try the blade for comparison......... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adhawkins Posted June 21, 2004 Share Posted June 21, 2004 I cant wait to try the blade for comparison......... As hints go, I've seen more subtle ones Andy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Navin Posted June 21, 2004 Share Posted June 21, 2004 ACW Get in line mate. He STILL owes me a drive after he nearly put it in the armco at Mallory a couple of years back. Takling about owing drives Andy How about that for subtle ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adhawkins Posted June 21, 2004 Share Posted June 21, 2004 5.8. Andy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Yupright Posted June 21, 2004 Share Posted June 21, 2004 370kgs! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mat Jackson Posted June 22, 2004 Share Posted June 22, 2004 OK might aswell add mine two penneth. I reackon mine currently comes in at about 100kgs. It is a very lightweight model without body, inerior, wheels, engine or gearbox. Although lightweight, the lack of engine does damage the PTR!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin Keene Posted June 22, 2004 Share Posted June 22, 2004 Power / Weight in Tonnes = PWR 200 / 0.478 = 418.410bhp/tonne Not bad for xflow... But what about the figure that really matters con Pilot Assuming using the 260bhp quoted earlier the my calculation says 634kgs with driver... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin Keene Posted June 22, 2004 Share Posted June 22, 2004 While we're on about power / weight ratios. Mine is only 234bhp / tonne and was weighed at 576kgs (with 1/2 a tank of gas) by Northampton Motorsport last year. You can work out from that how much my xflow doesn't produce... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Seabrook Posted June 22, 2004 Share Posted June 22, 2004 My road car is 313 BHP per ton My race car is 288 BHP per ton when running on all four cylinders. Or like is was at the last sprint about 100BHP per ton running on 2 cylinders. Edited to add all with driver just think how fast they would be if I could shed a couple of stone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Loudon - Sponsorship Liaison Posted June 22, 2004 Share Posted June 22, 2004 A major issue with the fuel pick up causes that minor glitch Rob, I thought that it was on carbs? John Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazza Posted June 22, 2004 Share Posted June 22, 2004 Mike SEiW, Do my eyes deceive me? are you serious that there was 76kg of LEAD weights built into the car?? what the devil indeed! Was that some kind of BTCC-style handicapping system for Curborough Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike-SEiW Posted June 22, 2004 Share Posted June 22, 2004 Registration (SVA-like) is different in Sweden. Car weight is related to its power and there's a minimum of 15kW/100kg it has to reach up to. VX engine has 110kW=at least 733kg of weight including driver (est. 75kg). So that's why. It's not there now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazza Posted June 22, 2004 Share Posted June 22, 2004 Its true:you DO learn something every day Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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