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Originally Posted by Racer20
Changing the rake angle of the car will tilt the CG forward or backward slightly, which will shift a small amount of weight fore/aft. Quick back of the napkin calcs:
110" wheelbase for M3
20" CG height (my best guess)
Lifting the back of the car 1" will move the CG forward by 0.36", which will shift about 11lbs from the rear to the front.
So yeah, not zero, but also probably not significant in the context of a 3500lb car.
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Agreed, the only effect I saw was the slight Cg forward displacement from the tilting, hence why I specified "significant". However, my napkin gives me half your number using your assumptions (0.18" forward for ~6lb or 0.3%). But I think we can agree that it is not significant
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