Adding weight to help distribution?

[zedfonsie]

I love the s2000 gt1 but there is a lot of weight in the back.

If I were to add say 50kg to my s2000gt1 or actually any car too help improve weight distribution is the extra weight added worth helping it get closer to a 50/50 weight distribution?

 

[Warren4649]

Yes, but on some cars you just have to add too much weight to make the weight distribution close to 50/50 (not even 50/50 itself) canceling all the weight reductions in the process. But it definitely help of the car permit it.

 

[RufusGonePunk]

You only have to look at the effect it has on the Fiat 500 in the new seasonals to see how big a difference 50/50 weight distribution can have. Warren summed up the dos and don'ts quite nicely there

An interseting point is that the old HKS S15s used to have a special place in the boot for weights to sit when it was raining, so as to balance the car better and give it more traction in the wet conditions.

 

[GTWelsh]

Adding ballast in the clio competition was a major breakthrough for the lap times. Rear ballast. And I used to rock a VERY slow S15RM with high front ballast. It could out drift (angle only) anything. Ballast is a wonderful and mysterious thing.

 

[Knight Spirit]

50/50 is amazing, helps so much on my drift and grip cars...

 

[cervatoz]

what you allways wanna achieve is 50/50 weight and equal pressure on all wheels in a grip car.

Some stats from different cars.

all these is done after level 3 weight reduction.

toyota soarer - 60/40 hence why its so slow.
rx7 fd - 50/50
s2k - 50/50
viper gts - 48/52
370z - 53/47
lotus elise - 45/55 or more couldnt remember exactly.

i actually increased pp on a car by making it closer to 50/50 but it was a matter of 1 pp.

imo every car over 55/45 feels slippery and worthless.

 

[fitftw]

I try to get close to 50/50 with all my technical cars. Sometimes adding 100kg to do it.

 

[Powellx235]

I try to get close to 50/50 with all my technical cars. Sometimes adding 100kg to do it.

Is 48/52 better than 50/50?

 

[fitftw]

no, 50/50 is always ideal. But 48/52 isn't as bad as 45/55 or worse.

It depends on the driver. 50/50 is easiest to control and inspires the most confidence.