June 6, 2011 - Before dropping the car to the ground for the last time, I decided to check the weight.
I'd been hoping for about 2300 lbs wet. Well, not quite. It's closer to 2400 by the time a full load of fuel is taken into account - I was only at around 1/4 tank. Assuming there's room for another 8 gallons of fuel in the car, that's about 50 lbs and it'll all land on the rear wheels. That brings the fore/aft weight distribution to 54:46. By the time I've loaded in a spare and the tools in the trunk, I think the final balance should be pretty good. It's interesting to note that the first time I weighed the car in the initial form, it had a 53.8% front weight bias. But by the time it went into the trailer for the race with a spare tire and tools and the like, that had changed to 50.2% front. So I'm not that far off.
The reason I was hoping it would be 2300 lbs is that I was assuming a 200 lb weight gain over the 2100 lb naturally aspirated form. But when I think back, I think it was closer to 2200 in race weight. There will be a few more changes, but probably nothing drastic.
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