Thursday, November 22, 2012

Weigh Scale

Finally made it to the scales today.  Factory weights before conversion are below.




  • Front : 2050 lb
  • Rear : 1322 lb
  • Total : 3373 lb
Thats a 61:39 Front:Rear distribution.  I've read about the Talons being nose heavy, and this definitely confirms it!  Probably explains why the back end gets loose under braking and hard cornering!

The nice thing is this lends itself very well to a rear mounted battery pack (in the enormous spare tire well).  The K11-250 and Sol-1 are lighter than the factory engine.  So with the batteries in the back and lighter front end, I might get closer to a 50:50 distribution.