Weight Distribution
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Originally Posted by xviper,Mar 26 2005, 08:23 PM
We just say "50/50" for ease of conversation. Good Lord, why would anyone blow a nut over 1%. 
I can change wt. dist. of the car if I ate a super large pepperoni pizza by myself. And I can change it back after I take a big dump. 
I can change wt. dist. of the car if I ate a super large pepperoni pizza by myself. And I can change it back after I take a big dump. 
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Originally Posted by xviper,Mar 27 2005, 04:23 AM
We just say "50/50" for ease of conversation. Good Lord, why would anyone blow a nut over 1%. I can change wt. dist. of the car if I ate a super large pepperoni pizza by myself. And I can change it back after I take a big dump.
I can change wt. dist. of the car if I ate a super large pepperoni pizza by myself. And I can change it back after I take a big dump. 
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Originally Posted by xviper,Mar 26 2005, 11:23 PM
We just say "50/50" for ease of conversation. Good Lord, why would anyone blow a nut over 1%. I can change wt. dist. of the car if I ate a super large pepperoni pizza by myself. And I can change it back after I take a big dump.
I can change wt. dist. of the car if I ate a super large pepperoni pizza by myself. And I can change it back after I take a big dump. Either that, or you've done some jail time and certain body parts are permanently stretched to ridiculous sizes.
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Originally Posted by xviper,Mar 26 2005, 11:53 PM
^ Have you heard of "figure of speach"? "Analogy"? "Trite anecdote"?
Wait! Lemme guess ...................... You're one of those who go around saying "this car has 49/51 wt. dist." right?
Wait! Lemme guess ...................... You're one of those who go around saying "this car has 49/51 wt. dist." right?
... and after having the flu last week, I'm beginning to think losing 28 lbs. on the crapper is quite possible.
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OH MY GOSH, something just occured to me:
OK, when Honda built this car, it had 49/51. But then, they put a bit of gas in it. If they put 3 gallons in to run the car around from the here to there, they just made it 48/52.
Then, I got the car and immediately filled the tank up. This would add about 120 - 130 pounds of fuel to the ass end. Now we're sitting at about 46/54.
But then, every time I run the gas tank close to empty, I get that 49/51 back.
On the other hand, when I put on 40 pounds of supercharger AND run the gas tank down, my car is about 51/49. That is, untill I fill up the gas tank again, then it would go back to about 47/53.
So, with supercharger and maybe only 1/2 a tank (or would that be closer to 1/3 tank?), I could achieve the perfect 50/50.
But then, that's with me NOT sitting in the car. If I get in, I put my body weight about 1 to 1.5 feet behind the mid-point of the wheel base. While not revealing my true bulk
, I would still need to run near empty in fuel to get that 50/50 back.
What to do? What to do?
Yer right, I'm blowing a nut here.
OK, when Honda built this car, it had 49/51. But then, they put a bit of gas in it. If they put 3 gallons in to run the car around from the here to there, they just made it 48/52.
Then, I got the car and immediately filled the tank up. This would add about 120 - 130 pounds of fuel to the ass end. Now we're sitting at about 46/54.
But then, every time I run the gas tank close to empty, I get that 49/51 back.
On the other hand, when I put on 40 pounds of supercharger AND run the gas tank down, my car is about 51/49. That is, untill I fill up the gas tank again, then it would go back to about 47/53.
So, with supercharger and maybe only 1/2 a tank (or would that be closer to 1/3 tank?), I could achieve the perfect 50/50.
But then, that's with me NOT sitting in the car. If I get in, I put my body weight about 1 to 1.5 feet behind the mid-point of the wheel base. While not revealing my true bulk
, I would still need to run near empty in fuel to get that 50/50 back.What to do? What to do?
Yer right, I'm blowing a nut here.
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Originally Posted by Honda 224 GTS,Mar 26 2005, 09:58 PM
I was messing with you.
... and after having the flu last week, I'm beginning to think losing 28 lbs. on the crapper is quite possible.
... and after having the flu last week, I'm beginning to think losing 28 lbs. on the crapper is quite possible.
Hope you feel better.
