TurboII Swap Weight Bias?
 

Hi I tried searching but either I suck at it (quite possible!) or there is no real info where I was looking.

I was wondering what the overall weight gain and balance of an FB is post TurboII swap. I'm debating on switching to boosted power over the N/A setup we are running now in the name of torque. I have to keep the same power due to the rules (unless I add weight, which I would rather not...), but 40ish ft-lbs of torque would be sick!

Thanks

From my site, http://www.cris.com/~Asam/Res7/Res7.html : 2540 lb. (1360 front, 1180 back)

That's a GSL-SE with an '87 T-II engine and gearbox. BTW, it's for sale. Speaking of torque, it puts 301 lb./ft. to the rear wheels.

Thanks for the info. That's too much front weight for me, looks like either going to stick with the all-motor route or add an extra rotor to the front... My car is 2340 right now with a 49F/51R weight split. That would put me roughly 53/47.

Due to my class rules, my car would only be able to make ~270 whp so obviously 300 wtq would not happen either way.

What claSs are you running? What sanctioning body? I might be able to help..

I run with NASA. The car is setup to run PTC right now, but I'm most likely going to start tearing it apart to run ST2. ST2 is a power to weight regulated class. In other words, I can run whatever combination of engine I want, as long as I do not exceed the ratio. Long story short, at my cars current weight (2340 with me in it), I'm allowed ~270whp.

Just out of curiosity--do they bring a dyno to the track to check cars that are protested?

all of our local tracks have dynos on site, so yes. although they probably wont check every race

We don't have them at every race. We don't protest each other much either way though. I wish we had it around more so I could check myself across different elevations. Not much different here in the midwest, but would be interesting to see.