a question of weight

[zefsider]

Afternoon all,
1st post here after hanging around absorbing the most helpful info ever seen in any forum I've read...
I had a crappy ABK 2.0 coupe for a long while ( well, it didnt leak, could do 125mph and never broke down so not that crappy ) but now got a CQ20v 1991 for some months ( cheers Pete, cracking deal, great bodywork on this..local petrol station love me too !! ).

I think I have the measure of this car ( yeah right you will say ! ) but need to know if anyone can kindly assist :
Whats the Front/rear axle weight ( its got aircon BTW and is the later non tubular manifold... got one to fit but not just yet ) ?
I ask cos I noticed KW advertise 2 different makes of the V1 suspn kit ( thats with the M12 bolts ) ...one says 950-950 Rear/Front...the other is 950-1100 R/F.....surely aircon aint that much difference ??
The only thing I can think of is the difference between the 10v (NG) and the 20v (7A ) on the CQ .
I know that 3Bs are lighter than ABYs...so where does the 7A come on the scale ? Heavier than NG but lighter than 3B ? Surely it cant be 1100kg front axle..or is it ?

( I'm gonna take off the aircon soon as poss ..doesnt work and I've never been warm enough in any car for aircon...thats what the sunroofs for innit ? ( or is it there to drip on my head and fill the footwells ??!! )
The 'how to take out the aircon from engine bay' is a Q for another day , I've bored you enough with this query...anyone know ? and thx again to many of the ++ informed people on the site for answers to +++ Qs I found while scavenging.

[Error404]

CQ20v is about 1440kg IIRC, I'd recon on 850-900 on the front axle

[Jamo]

Really? I expected them to be lighter near enough 3b weight
Interesting

[andy10v]

900 on the front axle when I weighed my 3b, (with some lightening). I got to about 1330 without going nuts, still a lot of stuff could be removed.

Weights according to S2 central (kg)

3b 1420
ABY coupe 1525
ABY avant 1560

[Jamo]

I think error needs to go on a diet

[mcandmar]

In the real world its closer to 1500kg. As per thread below add 100kg for an ABY, and another 100kg for an avant..

http://www.s2forum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=40346

[zefsider]

Many thanks for the informative replies...I will be removing aux rad and as much stuff as possible to lose a bit of weight....fore/aft balance cant be good if front end can be as much as 100 or more kg more than rear ...specially with the nose heavy engine position. BTW I read once ( in Motorgeeks )that somone was thinking of increasing the front castor by adjusting the wishbones , to give more stability etc...but thats a thought for a long time in the future if at all..gotta fit my homemade/German 034 style injector conversion 1st, bag of snakes, then remap...sorry, gotta fix that leak 1st by masking tape process of elimination !!
Thanks again.

[andy10v]

The front rear balance is nuts, mine was 900kg fr 430kg rear, that was low fuel and the back stripped out though.

[Error404]

I think error needs to go on a diet

maybe

owners manual quotes the CQ20v unladen wet weight as 1320kg, that'll be a non-sunroof car with manual everything.

[terrybullwon]

I need to get mine on the scales again, it should be very interesting!

[Rusty]

That might refer to whether it's small or large bore struts and M12 or M14 strut bolts.