R32 Coupe Weight Distribution

[clip14]

relocating the battery. where should i put it to balance out the car?

the car will be stripped out for track days. no aircon and no hicas.

was thinking rear left as mid right will have driver upsetting weight balance.

[badhairdave]

The engine already upsets the balance

Either on the floor directly behind the passenger seat or just behind the B pillar on that side. My main considerations when doing this sort of stuff is 1) can i install the passenger seat if needed, 2) accessibility.

An appropriate sealed battery is going to be around the 5kg mark. It won't offset driver or engine weight, but you are on the right track by trying to get weight out of the front end of a skyline.

[Roy]

Just keep it between the axles ...

[clip14]

Just keep it between the axles ...

any reasoning behind this? if i dont know the weight distribution, best to centre it?

[Bennett]

I would have thought its got more to do with keeping weight nearest to the centre of the car rather than having it hanging out over the wheels which may not be ideal when throwing the car round corners on the track?

[nisskid]

just remember, ull run into legality issues when relocating the battery,

[clip14]

not in new zealand

[flatspeed]

Corner weight the car,then decide wheres best.

[clip14]

yes that would be ideal but i dont have the access to corner weighting equipment

[tacker]

i run a track r32 GTR with cage etc and weighing in at 1328kg full of fuel.

I have just corner weighted my car and i can tell you that i need to get 12kg of weight to the left rear to even the car up so i will have a balanced rear weight with me in it. Still a front heavy car even so but its made a big difference to the car after it was set up on the scales. best possie would be right next to the left rear shock tower.

[clip14]

Thanks for the reply. logic seems to indicate that most of the car is distributed evenly between left and right apart from there being a driver which upsets things. the driver being mid front right, the obvious place to put weight would be mid rear left.

[mad032]

I have relocated mine into the boot and rewired it all myself, not a hard task just need a little bit of knohow and some commen sense. Have a sealed battery inside due to regulations and have been through inspections and have another one this week and never had an issue as long as its in a propper box and secure. As far as weight is concerned yes the rear left is the best position but as previously stated corner weighting first would be ideal.