street use but some track time

[vettestr]

This car is used on the street for the most part but want to do a little autocross and maybe some of the shorter tracks. The street time is not the issue but will adding about 52 pounds of weight to the front end (front bias weight) really make that much difference? I can move other weights around to try and offset the weight gain but I question how big a deal 52 pounds added to the front end will really affect the performance of this car. At a lower drivers skill level to even a skilled driver is a front end weight bias of less than a 2% change really affect the cars performance? I am not a pro or have the advanced skills as a driver to realize how big a deal this is.

What do you Pro's think about this question. I know the cars set up as well as shifting things around can help to absorb this gain but there are no free lunches here. ????

I got into a long bench racing session with a couple other guys over this question and had to listen for the most part but started to take the side that it was just not that big a deal at most peoples skill levels and the limited amount of track time car was being used on.

The entire argument is about how much the added weight (105 pounds gross) a big block engine makes over the lighter small block. The gross weight is only 105 pounds before considerations of where the increase % on the front end and to cars total etc... I left the big / small block engine out of the first part of thread because the argument was not about the virtues of each but about true weight and set up implications. What do you racers think about this from a set up point of view?