Corner Weights

[delboy355]

Hi
Im looking into getting my car corner weighted, does anyone know someone (relatively close) I can go to get it done?

I live in Evesham in Worcestershire, thanks.

Delboy

[BenElliottRacing]

Solutions racing are not far from you.

[delboy355]

Cheers - Ill give them a call, thanks

[Tim.C]

Also www.procomp.co.uk

[kartman24]

How much does corner weighting cost out of interest?........Martin

[Trev450]

I've paid around £80-100 in the past.

[scubiedoo]

Northampton Motorsport charge about £100 for corner weighting but it depends on the car and how long it takes.
If you know someone with a set of corner scales it could be considerably less

[delboy355]

Cheers guys

[AndyLB]

With corner weighting, as the weight at each corner of the car changes under cornering as the weight shifts around, what is the point of determining corner weights when it is static?

[Trev450]

So that each corner is equally weighted and therfore not over or under laiden.

[Josh Smith]

AndyLB said:

With corner weighting, as the weight at each corner of the car changes under cornering as the weight shifts around, what is the point of determining corner weights when it is static?

Hi,

Just my 2 pence worth but here goes....

Corner weighting allows your car to remain balanced through both left and right hand corners by having the diagonals of the car set the same. If they are not correct, you will spend alot of time chasing roll bars, dampers and springs and none of these will cure your problem. When a cars corner weights aren't set properly, your car could end up having understeer on a left and oversteer on a right.

If you imagine sitting on a four legged chair and cut 1" off of the FL and 1" off of the RR, the chair reacts differently when you lean left to when you lean right.

And thats why we corner weight!!


Cheers, Josh

P.S. Anyone in the South West want geometry and cornerweighting done....£50 Bridgwater College [e-mail]

[TF240Cup]

Trev450 said:

I've paid around £80-100 in the past.

Once you've had the car corner weighted make sure you get the geometry reset as it'll be out.

If someone is charging £80 for corner weighting and geo they're doing something wrong!

[Trev450]

TF240Cup said:

Trev450 said:

I've paid around £80-100 in the past.

Once you've had the car corner weighted make sure you get the geometry reset as it'll be out.

If someone is charging £80 for corner weighting and geo they're doing something wrong!

My response was to kartman 24's question asking how much he could expect to pay for corner weighting. No mention was made regarding geo set up.