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      01-04-2013, 07:10 PM   #39
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Tikamak,

This might help. I've searched this forum and found some actual corner balancing figures. They are in Post #27 found here: http://www.zpost.com/forums/showthre...=516581&page=2 and here's the information of the Z4MC after it's been corner balanced.





As the information shows, the car has been balanced at 50:50 with the weight of the driver in the car. Since the results are using Imperial measurements and we've been using metric, I've converted those ride heights into metric as follows.

FL = 590.5mm (23 1/4") FR = 593.7mm (23 3/8") Front Average = 592.7mm
RL = 587.3mm (23 1/8") RR =590.5mm (23 1/4") Rear Average = 588.9mm

Tikamak's Ride Heights =
Front = 598mm
Rear = 585mm

Therefore your car is 6.3mm higher at the front and 3.9mm lower at the rear than a car which has been corner-balanced. I realise that your car is a Roadster but is there really a 10.2mm difference in ride heights between a Z4MC and a Z4MR?

I recognize that data
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