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A Caterham Superlight-R
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Corner-Weighting

 

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My corner-weighting gear consists of 4 german Pakwa digital scales. These scales are each capable of measuring up to 200KG in 0.1KG increments and have remote displays with mountable brackets, making them extremely easy to read while seated in the car. They are also battery or mains powered, have optional backlighting and a Tare function.. Not bad for £80 a pair.

 

Once a level base has been established for the scales, their readings can be fed into a spreadsheet and the weight distribution calculated. The spreadsheet shows what adjustments are necessary to get the weight distribution even. I haven't yet established a flat floor for the scales but was interested to discover the weight of the car, so set things up in the garage and filled in the spreadsheet. The initial results look much better than I could have hoped: