Re: Weight distro considerations, Audi or not.

[STEADIRIC@aol.com]

>> On a 4000lb car with 60/40 weight distro, 75lb is only 3% of the mass at
the
>> front end.  (Actually that calculation assumes all the mass is at an
extreme
>> forward point instead of actually being distributed along the longitudinal
>> axis.)
>
>It assumes that all the mass is concentrated over the axle, actually
>-- mass in front of that point will contribute more than its weight to
>the front axle, and negative weight to the rear axle.
>-- 

You are correct.  It's just like a Torque wrench and a 20.......  Opps 
not gonna go there.


Later!


Eric Fletcher S.O.C.
'87 5KCSTQIA2RSR2B
St. Louis, MO

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