General23cmp
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Has anyone measured the weight ratio, front vs rear, on your car? Mine is a 1969 satellite convertible, so I know it weighs a little more, but it’s mostly in the center of the car. I’m just trying to get a good estimation of where the center of gravity of the car is along its length. With the big tail section, I’m guessing it’s farther back than other cars I’ve had, which had a COG near the bottom edge of the steering wheel or near the shifter. This car’s may be farther back like where the seat back meets the seat bottom, I just don’t know.
I’m trying to make the best use of space in my garage and have an asymmetric lift. The COG needs to be where the two posts’ center lines intersect. Just eyeballing it and guessing about center of gravity, it could shift the car’s edge closest to my wall by 2-3’ just by turning the car around because of the long back end.
Please, before anyone says that you aren’t supposed to turn a car around on an asymmetric lift.... the lift doesn’t “know” or “care” as long as the center of gravity is where it should be, and with the weight distribution where the lift points are on this specific car are, it really has minimal difference (center of gravity will be close to the center of the wheelbase). It could make opening the doors a little more aggravating one way vs the other.
Thanks. I’m just wondering if the weight is 50-50, 40-60, 60-40, etc.
I’m trying to make the best use of space in my garage and have an asymmetric lift. The COG needs to be where the two posts’ center lines intersect. Just eyeballing it and guessing about center of gravity, it could shift the car’s edge closest to my wall by 2-3’ just by turning the car around because of the long back end.
Please, before anyone says that you aren’t supposed to turn a car around on an asymmetric lift.... the lift doesn’t “know” or “care” as long as the center of gravity is where it should be, and with the weight distribution where the lift points are on this specific car are, it really has minimal difference (center of gravity will be close to the center of the wheelbase). It could make opening the doors a little more aggravating one way vs the other.
Thanks. I’m just wondering if the weight is 50-50, 40-60, 60-40, etc.