front end balance

tatcat · Post by **tatcat** » Mon Feb 16, 2004 11:01 pm

any thoughts on adjusting balance of the frontend to give a more positive feel to the steering. car is light in the front but i don't want to add weight. the car is a fiberfab migi on a type 1 pan.

wizrod · Post by **wizrod** » Tue Feb 17, 2004 5:24 am

Move the battery so it's forward of the beam.

I did that with both batteries on my Nova and it made a great difference

There's no overall weight gain, just a redistribution whay you already have, to where you need it.

jspbtown · Post by **jspbtown** » Tue Feb 17, 2004 6:43 am

If your car has been lowered have you installed caster shims. Without enough caster your steering will seem very light.

atomicmime · Post by **atomicmime** » Wed Feb 18, 2004 11:20 am

I posted this reply to you on the Motorworks forum:
I have a Bugatti kit car that is a similar setup to your MG kit. Yes, the frontend is light since the seating is moved to the rear. Probably the best (but most involved) way to handle it is to alter the front suspension, by reducing the number of leaves in the stack inside one of the torsion tubes, cutting the tubes and rotating and rewelding them, or adding an adjustor to lower the front end. The easiest and most common way is to add weight to the front end, right behind your radiator shell, under the front hood, as far forward as possible. With a car as light as yours is, the additional weight isn't really a disadvantage, and it will help the handling a lot. Most people add about 75 or 80 pounds of old lifting weights (garage sale?) or even sand bags, or concrete. Also, don't use heavy duty shocks in front, and run low air pressure in front tires. I run about 12-15 psi in mine. Hope this helps. -- Patrick ([email protected])

dave menche · Post by **dave menche** » Sun Feb 29, 2004 12:32 am

I was thinking of moving my battery to the front of my kelmark GT to better balance the wieght, then I thought about the battery hitting the gas tank in a crash, and thought, nah, not for me.

dave

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Tue Mar 02, 2004 7:55 am

Caster shims! I now put them on all my performance T1 platforms. My kit (gtii) was touchy, even with the gas tank and battery up front. Caster shims are truly necessary, IMHO.

www.aircooled.net has them. They shipped mine fast. Get the pair of long bolts, too. Very reasonable price for safety and performance.

(not guest) jjs (lost my password)

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