Does rear/front ride height difference affect weight distribution?

[Andy13186]

If you lower the rear of the car do you shift some of the weight distribution to the rear?

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[Weyland-Yutani]

Not sure either. But whenever I think about this stuff, I use an extremely exaggerated example like this.

 

[Radiation Joe]

Not a significant amount, like less than the weight of a bag of groceries (with potato chips).

 

[Firsttexan]

You certainly lower it's center of gravity.

 

[Weyland-Yutani]

Not a significant amount, like less than the weight of a bag of groceries (with potato chips).

Makes sense. Swap the 10 foot pole in my diagram for a 1 inch pole and it's negligible even if you lower the rear to the point of being undriveable. Just spit-balling tho...

 

[TeeLew]

Within the range that we can adjust? No, there is no fore/aft change of CG position. You must physically change the pieces in the car to do that (like putting the battery in the trunk or something).

 

[theruleslawyer]

I think more important than the static CG change is what happens to suspension geometry. You're pretty limited on what you can tune out without part changes.

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