ST205 centre of gravity Options

[rhodesyboy]

Hi, I am just wondering has anybody ever calculated the centre of gravity on an st205?

Could do with it for my assignment at university as I am doing it on my st205, I'll then be able to calculate the roll centre and then determine what kind of body roll and how well developed the suspension is in comparison to the car. I can calculate roll centre but not centre of gravity as I'm fairly sure you need scales and need to be able to lift the car a certain amount to calculate it accurately.

So if anybody has gone this in depth and has recorded it could you please send it to me?

Cheers

[rhodesyboy]

Yes but I'm not talking about ride height I'm talking about centre of gravity.
So basically the point that the mass of the car rolls around so couple that with the roll centre at the centreline of the car and this will give you an idea on how much body roll you will get, I think the further away the roll center is from the centre of gravity the more body roll you will get in theory, obviously there is more to it than that but that's a massive factor to take into account.

Lowering the car will only bring the centre of gravity closer to the floor it won't affect where it is on the car itself.