BEST WAY to WEIGH the front end of a car???

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Ed White

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Hey guys, whats the best WAY to WEIGH the front end of a car? 81 malibu with a small block 350, th350 trans. looking to get a new pair of front springs, need to know the weight of the front end. debating on a set of factory or moroso trick front springs.
 

pontiacgp

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if you know any circle track race shops you can get the car scaled and that will tell you the weight on each wheel, the left to right bias and back to rear and a few other details you won't need ...
 

GhettoRacingKid

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Aluminum heads? Intake? Etc?

U can also go to a car scale and just put the front half on. Get a good ball park. But there is sprung and unsprung weight you need to count for with the springs.
 

rustyroger

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When you have weighed your car remove the wheels, brakes, spindles, brakes etc and weigh them.
Then you can work out your unsprung vs sprung weight ratio.

Roger.
 

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the problem trying to figure out the unsprung weight in a G body is there is alot of weight in front and some outside of the tires making that weight dynamic and impossible to determine it's weight
 
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