bjuice

I have scaled all of my CARS...digital scales..you would be amazed at how much a 1/4 flat turn on the top pre-load bar will have you very heavy on the right rear...i would say if you could have somone with a digital set of scales that KNOWS what they are doing to scale the car out WITH YOU IN THE CAR...there is a difference of opinion with front to rear weight percentage.. 49/51 % is where my camaro scales out....your car will fall into its own percentage with how is built,,placement of motor etc..but this can be manipulated by adding lead pucks to whereever you choose to place..normally in the 2nd half of car.

you also want the car to weigh somewhere in the ball park of 10-15lbs heavy on the left rear when you scale it..WITH YOU IN THE CAR..

I AM NOT A CHASSIS BUILDER ETC..but i have been there with my chassis guy when the car was scaled and set up.....i had to be cause they have to weight the car with you in the drivers seat or at least place some weight in the seat that is close to what you weigh..but even that will not be distributed in the right places..

i do not think you would want much of a wheel stand would you ??..unless its for show.....but if you want a wheel stand or work it going toward that way i am confident the area's below will work you that way in a hurry

1- front to rear weight..heavier in the rear...example: 47/53 %....adding weight in the rear will get you there and it will not take much to tip the % scales that way.in other words it doesn't take 200lbs to move a few percent..think of it as a wheel barrow on a fulcrum..it doesn't take much force to tip the wheel barrow on over once it gets that way..maybe this was a poor anaolgy buy i think you get the point.40 lbs in the right spot will make a huge difference to your percentage if your close..it did in mine...

2- proper wheels weights....with coil overs you can make a wheel heavy or light...we have my left wheel pushing down ( heavy)

3- instant center.....different on every car cause 4 links are made different. this is the intersection point of your bottom bars and your top bars...this will determine greatly if your wheels are coming up or not.....( please print and read 4 link basics posted at the begining of the chassis section) ..much good info there in my opinion..it will go into thi more in depth..


i will assure you ..that if you manipulate these 3 areas to lean toward pulling the wheels..you will get it..unfortunatley the people i have been around that has done these wheels stands are caught off guard when it happens and its causes a MAJOR wheel stand and destroys a lot of stuff..

thats what a person gets when they blindly go turning a pre-load bar and starting moving the instant center without knowing where they stand to begin with...

so with all that said..i think it would be a wise investment for you to have the car scaled but only with qualfied chassis person that can help you with squaring the car properly,setting pinion angle,wheel weights and instant center point..

i hope this helps you decide on which way to go..

thanks brian