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      01-03-2019, 04:04 PM   #10
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Originally Posted by aerobod View Post
With a sprung corner mass of 350kg (close to that of an M240i with driver and tank of fuel, minus unsprung mass)
Do you assume that to be the average sprung corner mass for each corner of the car? My corners, with ~4 gallons of fuel, 170# / 77kg driver, and with a measured tire and wheel weight of 45# / 20.5kg reduced from each scaled corner weight, are:

RF – 886# / 403kg
RR – 790# / 359kg
LR – 820# / 373kg
LF – 926# / 421kg.

FWIW, the coilover spring rates are:

Front – 350# / 61296N/m
Rear – 600# / 105079N/m.

With OEM anti-roll bars, I would say that qualitatively the car feels stiff, but not uncomfortably so. I find it to be both usefully trackable and very responsive away from the track.
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