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04-04-2011, 06:49 PM
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Yeah Harrisons are usually 50/50 with an iron block V8 up front.... Alloy engines are obviously lighter..... My DRB is the same, 1285kg with me in it and half a tank of fuel, 642 front and rear... No alloy engine..
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04-04-2011, 07:52 PM
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Cobra Make, Engine: Harrison #69, HSV LS2, T56, Custom rear suspension
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Yeah Harrisons are usually 50/50 with an iron block V8 up front.... Alloy engines are obviously lighter..... My DRB is the same, 1285kg with me in it and half a tank of fuel, 642 front and rear... No alloy engine..
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Good info Ash, thanks.
Based on my favourite scales  my svelte like figure would bring the max up to 1235kg.
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04-04-2011, 08:07 PM
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Here is a list of WA based cars and their weight for comparison.
Mostly all with iron blocks.
Don't know if the weights include the driver though.
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04-04-2011, 08:15 PM
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Interesting...only 3 of 14 are nose heavy. One is running a LS engine perhaps others have aftermarket alloy blocks.
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04-04-2011, 08:23 PM
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Nope, all iron far as I know. 
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Well it'll get interesting with my Harrison when I finally get it done. Them 5.4 iron block Fords ain't light, and they sure are big Mother's ! I think it is actually wider than a FE block
But hey like some say 'them with only 1 cam are so miserable-they wouldn't shout if a shark bit'em ' 
That said $1300 odd is a bit to pay for a bits steel with lumps on 'em.
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04-04-2011, 08:38 PM
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Well it'll get interesting with my Harrison when I finally get it done. Them 5.4 iron block Fords ain't light, and they sure are big Mother's ! I think it is actually wider than a FE block
But hey like some say 'them with only 1 cam are so miserable-they wouldn't shout if a shark bit'em '
That said $1300 odd is a bit to pay for a bits steel with lumps on 'em. |
They're big mothers's allrighty.
I'm told most blokes runnin em put their rear wheels on the front and the skinny ones on the back. 
Then fill the front tyres with helium. 
They sorta go alright then.
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04-04-2011, 08:44 PM
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Nope, all iron far as I know. |
Curiouser and curiouser.... 
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11-30-2011, 01:38 PM
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It was interesting reading this older thread that Geoff pointed out on the Radius Arms thread.
The common aspects being the +50% rear weight bias in most Cobras and the carrying weights. My iron block Harrison (ally heads, etc) was 1109kg with a full tank of fuel (no driver). It would interesting to see the Left Right balance on cars as well. After some limited experience with the corner weight scales, I wouldn't mind betting that there was a Right>Left variation as well on most cars, without the driver.
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Here is a list of WA based cars and their weight for comparison.
Mostly all with iron blocks.
Don't know if the weights include the driver though.
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