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Old 08-29-2011 | 07:46 AM
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ezracer18
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Originally Posted by CraigMBA
You guys, all gettin' me to work on race stuff at 5am for the benefit of the interwebz.....so I break down and set up my scales - just for you guys - and here's what I found.

Straight off the track my weights were:

LF 601
RF 578
LR 771
RR 740

Which is NOT the way it measured before the main. Then I looked around and discovered I had lost 1 oz of ballast. I temporarily replaced the ballast and got this:

LF 603
RF 586
LR 778
RR 752

Which seems a lot closer to where I ran it on Saturday. If I had to guess, it's because I have not cleaned the tires, and may have an extra 20-40 grams door prizes I brought home from our fluffy track stuck inside the wheel.

For reference, the first time I weighted it ever (with saddle packs, but before I put the ballast in) I got it to weigh

LF 590
RF 588
LR 724
RR 734

With no adjustment, right off the trailer.

One thing that I need to make is a tire log book that tracks sets/numbers/position and monitors tire weights. There is no other way to monitor how much "track intrusion" (fluff) you have in your wheels, and this will absolutely have an effect on your corner wieghts.
one thing to do, like we always do, use on old set of tires you do not run anymore, this will take care of that problem. just mark them for each corner, and dont use them other then to weigh your truck. you will chase the numbers a lot less.
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