[Vwdiesel] Gauging Interest-Squareback talk

[David Cook]

I pondered similar issues while talking about a diesel
Karmann Ghia a few months ago.  (That was after I
assumed the engine wouldn't fit in the squareback
because I didn't consider the things you are.)

Anyway, I don't think that in the grand scheme of
things, 50 lbs is that much.  50 lbs can so very
easily be added or reduced to the total loaded weight
of a car simply by cleaning out a trunk (depending on
your trunk...) that I really can't imagine it would
make a big enough difference to worry a lot about. 
Using that logic, I could drastically change my car's
driving characteristics simply by putting my tool bags
and jack in the trunk.  It probably technically does
change, but really I doubt the difference is of any
major importance unless I am driving an autocross car.

Very very few cars have a 50/50 distribution anyway.  

As long as you realized that it isn't really a sports
car and don't go around curvy roads too fast, I
wouldn't lose much sleep over it.

And, there were camber compensators made for the old
air-cooled VWs, so you could add that to help if you
are worried.  

Or you could drape a sandbag over the spare tire in
the front trunk.

David


--- Kurt Nolte <syncronized_turbo at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:

> Actually... just did some more nosing around on the
> VWDiesel forums. 
> Apparently a 1.6NA weighs 250 sans coolant. Coolant
> probably adds, what, 
> another 30 pounds total? That would get you four
> gallons of coolant in 
> there... ~8#/gallon or so, right?
> 
> If that's true, only about 50 pounds more than the
> flat-four!
> 
> -Kurt


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