On a FWD car should one add some kinda ballast in the trunk??
Does this help?
What do you use?
Just asking due to the fact last night the ass of my car wanted to kiss my front anytime the wind blew?
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Take the “my size barbie” out your trunk… :lol: and maybe you won’t have that problem…
LOL that bitch has been in there for like 3 months now … she is mine
Dead hookers :tup:
I dont see much reason too, I specifically took weight out if the rear of my FWD beater just to reduce understeer in the snow, worked pretty decent, shitty though that over steer is a bit hard to control with out the throttle.
No but really … does adding say 200lbs really make a diff… i know they say to do it with LT (light trucks/2wd)
how much does your wife weigh?
What kind of tires are you running in the rear? What in the front?
Reguardless of FWD or RWD, the tire that provide the mosts traction should be in the rear for dynamic stability. So if you are running snows in front and all seasons in rear you are doing it wrong.
135ish but just had a kid 6 weeks ago its still comming down
i have brand new nokia hokkas R’s (snows)all around they are 185’s so they are not fat
hmm, sounds like you might need some more stuff in the trunk.
+1
I know that when my mom had a taurus the back end drifted really bad on that car. We had all seasons / snows at all four corners for various seasons and the back still wanted out if it was bad enough.
I ended up putting two 70lbs (total for 140lbs) sand bags in the back and it helped out a ton! I’m not sure if it gave the rear tires more grip, or if the added weight didn’t allow the rear to swing as easily. (Possible a conservation of momentum?) I’d try it out and see what happens. There is a place on South Park in Hamburg that does concrete testing, and has free concrete cylinders. They are maybe 8 inch diameter by a foot tall. Grab 4 or 5 of those and toss them in.
Try it out, if it doesn’t help take them out and use them for other purposes.
2-3 years ago when i was driving my stock ~2000lb civic CX hatch I drove around with a 4g63 block in the hatch for awhile (i lived in a tiny ass apartment and didn’t have room for it), and it helped out quite a bit.
I find snows in front all seasons in back in a FWD car makes for very balanced handling. I thought all car enthusiasts enjoyed a bit of oversteer…?
this is because the axle has very minimum weight over it, adding the extra poundage will help increase traction.
on fwd cars this isnt really a problem because there is an engine there.
what you’re saying is your car would be sliding all over the place from the rear? adding the extra weight may help, but it may make it worse during driving thru snow. cant hurt to experiment
honestly all i have in my trunk is the lug wrench, jack, and spare tire. Oh ya bottle of Rain-x too. Not to mention that the trunk is gutted with no insulation or anything. in all honesty i can use more weight up front as opposed to the rear.