It always been saying that for a prticular car weight distribution is 50-50 or maybe 49-51 but what does it mean actully?
Weight distribution is one of the most challenging and important task in developing a car which is targeted to be a sport car. Generally weight distribution is factor which has to be consider in developing airplanes and watercrafts. But in automotive industry it consider important when result is aiming on handling and performance.
Weight distribution is load of weight in front and rear part of a car. It means if you divide the car by a imaginary line to front and read part, there is a special ration of weight for fron and rear. If it is 50-50 it means that car weight has perfectly balanced between front and rear. Anyway 50-50 is too ideal and very difficult to achieve but even a result like 51-49 can be consider as very good results.
Benefit of weight distribution is mostly on handling but it also effect acceleration and it can be specificly targeted on acceleration which is not 50-50 anymore.
There are diffrent startegies to divide the weight but usually most common way is that after developing and designing the car, developers will play with parts and would shift them from front to rear to come with an ideal solution.
One of most popular example of 50-50 distribution is latest BMW Z4.
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Weight distribution is one of the most challenging and important task in developing a car which is targeted to be a sport car. Generally weight distribution is factor which has to be consider in developing airplanes and watercrafts. But in automotive industry it consider important when result is aiming on handling and performance.
Weight distribution is load of weight in front and rear part of a car. It means if you divide the car by a imaginary line to front and read part, there is a special ration of weight for fron and rear. If it is 50-50 it means that car weight has perfectly balanced between front and rear. Anyway 50-50 is too ideal and very difficult to achieve but even a result like 51-49 can be consider as very good results.
Benefit of weight distribution is mostly on handling but it also effect acceleration and it can be specificly targeted on acceleration which is not 50-50 anymore.
There are diffrent startegies to divide the weight but usually most common way is that after developing and designing the car, developers will play with parts and would shift them from front to rear to come with an ideal solution.
One of most popular example of 50-50 distribution is latest BMW Z4.
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