ok so everyone says "corner balance... "

but what should I be getting in-terms of front/rear and left/right %'s

Obviously left/right should be 50/50, but what about front/rear?

 

50/50 front/rear would be ideal, but its probably not possible with the Evo.

 

the closer you get to 50/50 the better, but like s2kracka said getting the evo to 50/50 front to back would be a tall order without some serious weight shedding and re balancing.

 

You don't worry about front to rear balance when doing your corner balance.

- Andrew

 

This has been gone over ad nauseum on this forum. Repeat after me:

You can't affect F/R or L/R weight balance by corner balancing your car.
You can't affect F/R or L/R weight balance by corner balancing your car.
You can't affect F/R or L/R weight balance by corner balancing your car.
You can't affect F/R or L/R weight balance by corner balancing your car.
You can't affect F/R or L/R weight balance by corner balancing your car.

What a corner balance does is make the LF + RR = RF + LR weight.

 

Front to rear will be shown as a by-product of a corner balance session. For a stock Evo it'll be approx. 60/40 front to rear. Take too much out of the rear, such as, remove wing, remove trunk interior and rear seat but don't touch anything forward of the front seats you can see a 62/38 real easy.

You'll also see a side to side % split and LF-RR and RF-LR % splits. The weight totals at each corner are a result of these % splits and will equal the total weight of your car.

 

Got a question about corner balancing. (got it corner balanced a couple of weeks ago, 1610/1609 split).

The question that I have is if I lower my car 1/4" all around, will it affect my cross balance? Or will it remain the same?

My driver front KW Coilover is set to 44MM (which is higher than the range recommended by KW which is 40mm). So basically, I want to drop the car slightly so that I will be within the recommended range

From

DF = 44 MM
PF = 35 MM
DR = 50 MM
PR = 51 MM

to

DF = 40 MM (-4 mm)
PF = 31 MM (-4 mm)
DR = 45 MM (-4 mm)
PR = 46 MM (-4 mm)

Thanks..

 

Excuse my ignorance but Why?

Sorry why can't I affect the L/R balance with corner balancing?
If I jack up the rightside of the car then the weight will shift to the left

 

This should help understand corner balancing

Corner Weight - Part 1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eZhZS...e=channel_page

Corner Weight - Part 2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N89-P...e=channel_page

 

Not to any appreciable amount. You might be able to shift the numbers by a few pounds, but the only effect it will have is making your suspension geometry different on each side.

 

corner balancing is corner balancing; otherwise it would be called "weight distribution balancing" or "side balancing" depending on what exactly your doing

 

Anybody know if I drop my car 1/4" all around if it will affect my corner balanced numbers?

 

Yes it will.

 

Do you know if it will affect it significantly, or will it be negligible?

I have a 1610/1609 split right now.

 

The easiest way to comprehend corner balance on a car....

Think of a table that has 4 legs but is rocks when you lean on it because one leg is shorter than the rest (out of balance)

You can add a little material to the short leg or remove material from the leg across from it to prevent is from rocking..........either way equal pressure is distributed and it prevents the rocking.

(sounded simple in my head )