when manufacturers advertise a car's weight distribution, what do they assume the average driver's weight will be? how do manufacturers from RHD countries ensure that the distribution is the same when redesigning their cars for LHD markets, since they can't completely mirror everything? when people tune cars with aftermarket parts, how do they factor for adjustments in weight? i know lighter cars are ideal, but at what point does the change in weight distribution need to be addressed?
>>28829612front heavy for fwd and balanced for the rest>yeah but driver weightget a co-pilot no friendless virgins allowed>do tunners factor adjustments in weightracecar teams while do ricers don't
>>28829801but the only motorsport that involves copilots is rally racing
>>28829937apart from specialist stuff like indy car and top level drag racing it's the only motorsport that really matters
>>28829612Pls explain 60/60 distribution
>>28830031pls sir, is ai please forgive
>>28830031some convertibles add weight to the car and some cars only come in convertible. >convertible variant 60/60>hardtop variant 50/50>no true hardtop models convert only 50/50EZ
>>28829612>when manufacturers advertise a car's weight distribution, what do they assume the average driver's weight will be? average, it's not that big of a dealCars are usually setup to be more or less symmetrical in their left/right weight distribution, which is generally good enugh. And for LHD/RHD variants you're not moving that much weight around for it to really matter. When people put together cars for autocross or trackdays, corner weighting becomes part of the alignment process, and then the car's ride height for each corner gets adjusted to account for the driver's weightThere are regulations around advertised car specs, so depending on your country claims for weight and weight distribution have to account for (for example) a driver and a full fuel tank
