The Stats
My son has a ’71 240Z that is completely stock except for Panasport wheels and one inch lowering Eibach springs. So these items match my car.
A friend brought over his race car scales, so we weighed both cars, and then I corrected for the amount of fuel in each so the numbers would be comparable.
Here are the stats regarding weight and weight distribution:
Stock
Z8
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Front |
1,214 |
1,277 |
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Rear |
1,105 |
1,145 |
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total |
2,319 |
2,422 |
Z8 adds |
103 |
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% front |
52 |
53 |
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% rear |
48 |
47 |
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Weight
w/180 lb driver: |
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Front |
1,232 |
1,295 |
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Rear |
1,267 |
1,307 |
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total |
2,499 |
2,602 |
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% front |
49 |
50 |
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% rear |
51 |
50 |
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Can’t hope for much better than 50-50 weight distribution (slightly better than the stock car), weight more toward the middle of the car, and a power to weight ratio like this…
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Lbs / HP |
16.7 |
8.0 |
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