Vlad's rides thread

[vlad01]

I did leave it for a while. was swinging 45kg initially.

That rear right was the floaty one. Yeah to make matters worse, thats the the wheel the lifts under torque, so even less traction.

with me in it, it was about 1350.

With manual conversion, full sports system and extractors it should be low 1200s without me in it.

[Gareth]

Sure, but how did you being in it affect the weight distribution? Was all your weight going over the RHR?

[vlad01]

Sure, but how did you being in it affect the weight distribution? Was all your weight going over the RHR?

not sure, at that point I realized I had all the scales on the wrong corners and moved them tot he correct spot and never rechecked with me in it. I'm only 75kg so I don't play much of a roll in its overall weight/distribution.

What surprised me was how close to 50/50 they are, its actually about 60/40. I thought the front would be more like 800-900 up front and 300-400 at the rear, more like 70/30

[HQ355]

No beef jerky for u vlad, u should be a whippet like myself ! (I'm not so I use 202t formulae of HP = everything )

[vlad01]

but those sorts of food is how you stay slim.

[vlad01]

So I tested the other cars. That rear right scale is definitely dodgy, I worked out its about around 20-30kg at less than 100 and around 60-70kg out at the 300 mark.


So the VP is close to 1350, between the auto and manual spec's factory figures.


I did the type 3 and the VR as well.

VR is heavier even though the drive train certainly is much lighter than what the VP has. So if the VP had all the manual gear and good exhaust it should come down to 1280.

The VR currently weighs in at about 1390 which is heavier than even the auto spec'd factory weight lol.

The vacationer would of been the lightest by far as I stripped out all kinds of crap including AC and various rubber seals and interior parts.

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the type 3.

geez, the are really ass heavy. hate to know what a beetle is like as they are shit loads lighter at the front and just as heavy at the rear as this.

Shit weight distribution for sure. Just ignore than rear right and add about 70kg. Brings it to about 940kg add another 20kg of the parts missing and that gives 960. Same spec as the some of the manuals say. Some say 1050 but I know thats now wrong.

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Also got cutting today.

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[psyolent]

that must have been hard to do dude.
any chance you want to part with that cruise control module?

[Holden202T]

how is the VR driveline heavier than the VN/P ?

its interesting to see though, my brothers VS Sedan stripped of all interior and only race fuel tank and such, and with 202 and trimatic, plus nos bottle, it 1240kg with him in it!!

[Gareth]

Wow, thats a lot more than I would have guessed

[psyolent]

same. 1240kg seems very heavy.