does anyone know a method to find the weight at each tire for purposes of balancing the car? im guessing some sort of heavy duty scale?? 2800/4 = 700 do they make bathroom scales for really fat people that go up that high

 

how about stacking two bathroom scales on top of each other for each wheel

 

The right way to do it is with a set of corner weight scales. They are pretty cheap, only about $1000 for a cheaper set.

 

The RuggleS'cales at Pegasus Racing are just lever arms (2:1 or 4:1 ratio) that work with cheap bathroom scales.

 

There's a few places in the Bay Area that can corner-weight your car -- Roger Kraus Racing in Castro Valley, and I think C2 Automotive in Oakland.

 

You should be able to find a performance shop in the Bay Area with a set of corner weight scales mentioned above. Ask around in your Regional Forum.

Jack

 

thats funny, im just leaving to go to C2 right now to get my dads miata aligned. Yeah they are quite good, i have taken my 7 there a few times. i didnt know they had corner weight scales though... thanks for the info!!

 

Let us know the results. I wanna see hard numbers on the weight distribution so I can brag about those too

 

when i get my engine back together ill take it by to get the corner weights tested (half of my engine is on the kitchen table... im in the middle of the vacuum line job). hey i have a question... wouldnt i want to sit in the car when i get the corner weights tested, or should i stay outside? it seems like corner weights would only be usefull or apply to one driver for a specific car......

 

You would want to be in the car, with the same gas load you would normally have when racing -- over half a tank anyway. Also, when they align it, tell them NOT to adjust for the road crown.

 

road crown?? like on city streets where the middle of the road is raised for water flow? thats not the same on highways is it?

 

Yep. I doubt a racing shop like Roger Kraus would do that but mainstream shops will sometimes purposely tweak your alignment so you don't have to steer against the road crown all the time.