unpolire
CEG'er
Since the Contour SVT is FWD, is the additional weight of the 3.0L Duratec justified by the power/torque increase? Is the weight bias (front/rear) still acceptable? Handling/cornering/steering effort and feel all uncompromised?
Since the Contour SVT is FWD, is the additional weight of the 3.0L Duratec justified by the power/torque increase? Is the weight bias (front/rear) still acceptable? Handling/cornering/steering effort and feel all uncompromised?
well wouldnt weight savings by the larger bore, be negated by the larger piston size? :shrug:
The pistons shouldn't be as tall as the bore is deep, so yes slightly, but no not really.
I was driving around the yard at one of my freight buildings the other day, looking at paving repairs, and I was able to put my car on the axle scale. Loaded with a full tank of gas, driver, and some misc. stuff in the car, my front axle came in at 2300 lbs, and my rear at 1000 lbs, so 70/30 weight distribution. And that's with an ultra light CF hood and two tires in the trunk. :help:
also i thought that fwd normally had a forward bias anyway? nature of the beast type of thing.
FWD cars will always have a front bias but 70/30 isnt quite right. Maybe Edmunds has the official numbers.
I meant weight balance, not total weight. Those percentage numbers are published but its harder to find for an older car.
70/30 is an awful weight bias for a sports sedan so I'm looking for the official weight bias elsewhere.
I just found some more official looking numbers that say Curb Weight 3075 and bias is 64/36.
and most people's cars have actually weighed in at like 2800-2900, probably without driver.