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Toymods Board Member
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Weighbridge Day THIS SUNDAY!! 20th July
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Tue, 01 July 2003 03:59
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What: Weighbridge Day, a chance for you to have your car weighed & work out your power:weight ratio (when combined with your dyno day results)and also find out the front/rear weight balance of your car, and to enjoy a BBQ lunch & the company of other Toymodders.
When: Sunday, 20th July, 10:00am
Where: Meeting at Homebush Bay, in the carpark near the train station just off Australia Ave. From here we will cruise to the weighbridge.
Cost: $5 for members, $10 for non members.
BBQ lunch will be sausage sambos for $2, $2.50 for non-members, & all drinks for $1.
Please note, this is not an official RTA registered weighbridge, so the results cannot be used for any official purpose.
This year the weighbridge is being provided by Johnny Kypreos, who is also donating his sunday to run things, so big thanks goes to Johnny!
[Updated on: Wed, 23 July 2003 07:00] by Moderator
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Club President
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Re: Weighbridge Day, 20th July
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Tue, 01 July 2003 09:16
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I'm there dude !  I've been waiting for this one.
Now we get to see what the truck really weighs. ?
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Hornsby, N.S.W
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September 2002
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Re: Weighbridge Day, 20th July
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Tue, 01 July 2003 10:58
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will try to make an appearance in the celica this time!!! 
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I supported Toymods
Toymods Special Events Coordinator
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Re: Weighbridge Day, 20th July
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Tue, 01 July 2003 12:16
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i'd be very interesting to see what the FAT GT4 weighs...?? I'll be there!
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I supported Toymods
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Re: Weighbridge Day, 20th July
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Tue, 01 July 2003 12:56
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im definatley there.
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Re: Weighbridge Day, 20th July
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Tue, 01 July 2003 20:45
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Count me in. Seeing as though I missed the last one. (might hide some bags of cement in the boot and keep everyone stuffed as to why the 1/4 mile times are what they are) 
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Club Member
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Sydney, NSW
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May 2002
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Re: Weighbridge Day, 20th July
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Wed, 02 July 2003 11:14
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I missed the last one aswell and who could complain with a $56 price tag???
I'll be there...
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Toymods member
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Rydalmere, NSW
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May 2002
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Re: Weighbridge Day, 20th July
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Thu, 03 July 2003 12:26
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I already have an RTA-measured weight on my beastie, and it's far from stock! Done with ¼-tank of fuel and no rear seats.
What is the 'nearest-weight' it calculates to? 20kg's? I didn't get to do either the Dyno Day OR the Weight-Watcher's event last year, but caught up with some members for the first time after the event took place. 
Will be there for this one - I wanna see the shocking power-to-weight ratio of my poor RAV4!  
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Wahroonga
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June 2003
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Re: Weighbridge Day, 20th July
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Fri, 04 July 2003 12:44
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If my celica is back on the road by then i will be there, but don't hold ur breath. Still waiting on the box.
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I supported Toymods
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Re: Weighbridge Day, 20th July
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Fri, 04 July 2003 23:38
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Coming back from the snow the day beforehand, so if I can drag myself out of bed on the Sunday I might make it down for a while.. (at least it's not too far from home )
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Membership Secretary
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Sydney
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June 2002
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Re: Weighbridge Day, 20th July
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Sat, 05 July 2003 07:11
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Where abouts is the weigh bridge as I have to work at 3.
If its somewhere I can get from and to work in time, i'll be there to see if i can out weight rod's crown
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Location:
Madrid - Spain
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August 2002
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Re: Weighbridge Day, 20th July
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Tue, 08 July 2003 03:06
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Hhhhmmmmmm I'm thinking I could get technical here and get a little difficult and try and calculate the CG height as well. I'll have to have a chat to Jonney when we get there.
There's that engineer scheming again..........
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Western Sydney (NSW)
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March 2003
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Re: Weighbridge Day, 20th July
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Tue, 08 July 2003 05:04
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I`m spewing that I haven`t got my fully shit AE82 Rolla Sedan back yet  ... Can`t wait 2 go cruzin wif u mad bastards ! I don`t think I should rock up in my VL wagon  . But I`ll see...
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Toymods Board Member
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Re: Weighbridge Day, 20th July
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Tue, 08 July 2003 05:39
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| mrrolla@bigpond.com wrote on Tue, 08 July 2003 15:04 |
I don`t think I should rock up in my VL wagon . But I`ll see...
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why not?
you can join me in the toymods-VL sub-club
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I supported Toymods
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Re: Weighbridge Day, 20th July
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Wed, 09 July 2003 12:47
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joel where is the bridge in reguards to the meeting spot?
danny: still no GT4? i thought it was finished?
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Toymods Board Member
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Re: Weighbridge Day, 20th July
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Fri, 11 July 2003 03:10
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| Oz_Craig wrote on Wed, 09 July 2003 22:47 |
danny: still no GT4? i thought it was finished?
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having a few electrical issues  ... should be fixed up soon
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I supported Toymods
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Epping, Sydney
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Re: Weighbridge Day, 20th July
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Sat, 12 July 2003 01:26
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could we get an address for the weighbridge?
I dont get off work till 12, but I'd like to try and get over there, see what my car weighs in at with a 1jz
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Toymods Board Member
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Re: Weighbridge Day, 20th July
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Sun, 13 July 2003 08:02
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I don't wanna make the adress of the weighbridge public, it will be alot less hasle if we can all turn up together. If you can't make it to the meeting place in time them give me a PM & I'll help you out.
I cannot say for sure the increments of the scales, but I'll be suprised if it is as much as 20kgs, it does look pretty high tech.
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Toymods member
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Rydalmere, NSW
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May 2002
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Re: Weighbridge Day, 20th July
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Sun, 13 July 2003 13:31
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The weighbridge I got my weight from was an RTA authorised one, it's the one on Rawson St. This is just known as a 'Public Weighbridge' and has increments of 20kg's (I'm still not sure if it's 20kg's FROM nearest weight or TO nearest weight). Either way I guess it's not that accurate, but ok for trucks. 
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Toymods Board Member
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Re: Weighbridge Day, 20th July
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Tue, 15 July 2003 03:27
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| DannyGT4 wrote on Fri, 11 July 2003 13:10 |
| Oz_Craig wrote on Wed, 09 July 2003 22:47 |
danny: still no GT4? i thought it was finished?
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having a few electrical issues ... should be fixed up soon
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oooo... looks like the gremlins are fixed... hooray!!
it'll be good to see what she weighs so i'll be there
hmm... first proper cruise for the gt4 in a loooong time 
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Toymods Board Member
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Re: Weighbridge Day, 20th July
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Thu, 17 July 2003 02:57
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got it slipped and rego'd today
so i'll be there for sure!
only a couple of days now... yay
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Madrid - Spain
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August 2002
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Re: Weighbridge Day, 20th July
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Thu, 17 July 2003 21:32
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Are they separate scales for each wheel or is it like a weigh bridge. Asked another way, will we be getting corner weights??
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Toymods Board Member
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Re: Weighbridge Day, 20th July
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Fri, 18 July 2003 03:39
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from what i have been told you can get a front/rear split
is this what you were after?
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Madrid - Spain
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August 2002
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Re: Weighbridge Day THIS SUNDAY!! 20th July
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Fri, 18 July 2003 03:55
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Yep that and maybe a little more. I am not really interested in what the total weight is, cos I know it is already too much. If they can tell me the corner weights I can actually put that into perspective with the suspension stuff I am looking into.
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Toymods Board Member
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Re: Weighbridge Day THIS SUNDAY!! 20th July
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Fri, 18 July 2003 06:30
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you can PM bigworm as he will know for sure but my information was it will do a front/rear split but not an all 4 corners split
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Toymods Board Member
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Re: Weighbridge Day THIS SUNDAY!! 20th July
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Sat, 19 July 2003 07:16
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Yeah, nah it's not a set of corner scales, just a weighbridge. It doesn't actually give us F/R ratio, we'll be weighing each half of the cars seperately.
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Re: Weighbridge Day THIS SUNDAY!! 20th July
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Sat, 19 July 2003 09:38
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Won't be making it tomorrow... hope it's a great day & catch up with some of you on Monday night
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Carlingford, Sydney
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May 2002
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Re: Weighbridge Day THIS SUNDAY!! 20th July
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Sun, 20 July 2003 06:45
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was a good day,
i just got home then
enjoyed it alot
nothing like seeing a ke20 sideways in 3rd crabing up the road
stitts wagon is looking the goods as well with the new wheels
i got pic's if u want them
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Club Member
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Re: Weighbridge Day THIS SUNDAY!! 20th July
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Sun, 20 July 2003 06:47
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My total weight was 1200kg... That is 150kg over the spec weight and I suspect this is majorly because of the stereo ... I never thought that the system could actually add that much weight...
And Stitt's Crown with 7 ppl in the car got a total of 2150kg with 1300kg at the rear ...
Here are a few pics...
I didn't take that many at all...
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Club Member
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Re: Weighbridge Day THIS SUNDAY!! 20th July
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Sun, 20 July 2003 06:51
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Looks like I beat you to the pics Josh ...
The wheels on Luke's Crown suit the car really well as you can see from the pics... They looked awesome...
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Toymods member
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Rydalmere, NSW
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Re: Weighbridge Day THIS SUNDAY!! 20th July
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Sun, 20 July 2003 13:09
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Agreed - a vast improvement with some very appropriate wheels for the ride, a great choice. Now all it needs is a lick (or two) of paint and some better figures on the dyno. Perhaps an air filter might not go astray?? Those pics of that Crown are classics.
My RAV put up exactly what I thought it would, and the front/rear split is similar to what I expected. 90.8kw () on 1440kg's gives a power to weight ratio of 15.86 kg/kw. Take out the driver (and his beefy 110kg frame), and a 1330kg car with the same output figures puts up 14.65 kg/kw.
Front/Rear split weights are 840kg front and 600kg rear. This represents 7/12 (or 58.33%) front weight bias and 5/12 (or 41.67%) rear. These figures are WITH driver. Without, and it's more like 55% front, 45% rear.
Overall I'm fairly happy with the end results, even if there are still a few question marks over the RAV's output figure on the dyno. 
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Re: Weighbridge Day THIS SUNDAY!! 20th July
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Sun, 20 July 2003 14:40
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OK thanks guy for the comments on the wheels. I really like them and think they look good, (hence why i bought them). I was really suprised when I had the extra 680kg of ppl in the car they didn't scrub out.
as for the actual weight. With driver F:740kg R:740 kg T: 1480 kg And for every one out there that is feeling slow that is a 50:50 split.
With 7 ppl (all legally seated) in the car F: 680kg R: 1300kg
T: 2160kg. The thing was sitting LoooooooooW.
My current power weights where thrown out due to me dissmal shwing on the dyno, according to that they are
Stock: 44.84kg/kw
7 ppl: 65.45kg/kw
However on a pevious dyno run at 57.1 new figures are
Stock: 25.91kg/kw
7 ppl: 37.82kg/kw
Thanks for the great day catch you all next time
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Sydney Australia
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Re: Weighbridge Day THIS SUNDAY!! 20th July
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Mon, 21 July 2003 10:35
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man that crown is the 'sikist' car around! Coat of paint and a 1J and u have a pimp machine!
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Re: Weighbridge Day THIS SUNDAY!! 20th July
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Tue, 22 July 2003 02:28
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| Rolla Boy wrote on Sun, 20 July 2003 16:47 |
My total weight was 1200kg... That is 150kg over the spec weight and I suspect this is majorly because of the stereo ... I never thought that the system could actually add that much weight...
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Dude - Don't forget that the factory stated dry weight will be waaay under the actual "on-road" weight.. (all those little things like fuel, oil, washer fluid etc etc add up!) (Also - don't forget the driver!! Easiest way to improve your power-weight ratio is go on a diet! )
What was your front-rear split anyway?
I wasn't too dissapointed with my results.
Front: 740 Kg
Rear: 500 Kg
GVM: 1240 Kg (minus Jesse = 1200. minus Lucid = 1120)
Taking the weight of driver and passenger out of consideration, that makes it around a 55:45 Front:Rear split. Not too bad!
Gotta love the power:weight ratio of Jason's YelloRolla!!!
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Tue, 22 July 2003 04:31
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You can't quite subtract the driver and passenger from just the front since you're both not sitting over the front axles.
The correct way would the the ratio between how far you sit from the front and back...
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Re: Weighbridge Day THIS SUNDAY!! 20th July
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Tue, 22 July 2003 22:44
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Fair point. To make it a little less speculative, I'll put it this way.
Car + Driver & Front seat passenger = 1240 Kg
Weight distribution F:R = 59:41
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Re: Weighbridge Day THIS SUNDAY!! 20th July
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Tue, 22 July 2003 23:17
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Should be somewhere between those two figures.
Anything less than 60:40 is pretty good for a FWD!
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Re: Weighbridge Day THIS SUNDAY!! 20th July
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Wed, 23 July 2003 05:59
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stitt.. after seeing that pickie, I can see why the3 cops pulled you over (repeatedly ) at dubbo... it looks like you've just crammed 3 mates in the boot
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Re: Weighbridge Day THIS SUNDAY!! 20th July
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Wed, 23 July 2003 11:05
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| Lucid wrote on Tue, 22 July 2003 12:28 |
What was your front-rear split anyway?
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Ummm, Mine was like 640 front and 560 rear...
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Re: Weighbridge Day THIS SUNDAY!! 20th July
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Fri, 25 July 2003 02:44
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Ouch! Damn man.. You got a fat ass!!
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Toymods member
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Re: Weighbridge Day THIS SUNDAY!! 20th July
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Fri, 25 July 2003 15:59
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Hellooo sound equipment...
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Club Member
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Re: Weighbridge Day THIS SUNDAY!! 20th July
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Sat, 26 July 2003 03:51
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Thats what I was saying before, my ass is a lot fatter than the other Rolla's...
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Toymods member
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Re: Weighbridge Day THIS SUNDAY!! 20th July
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Sat, 26 July 2003 03:53
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Or do you mean 'phatter' huh, rice-boy??
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Re: Weighbridge Day THIS SUNDAY!! 20th July
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Sat, 26 July 2003 04:02
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Yeah bro... Thats it ...
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Re: Weighbridge Day THIS SUNDAY!! 20th July
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Sun, 27 July 2003 21:29
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Ben.......Love the new Avatar
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Club Member
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Re: Weighbridge Day THIS SUNDAY!! 20th July
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Mon, 28 July 2003 11:14
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Thanks dude... I thought it was the best pic to do as the new wallpaper...
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