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with 35kg of ballast (to simulate 40L of fuel, yes i went about 5kg over, but the tank is drivers side biased) and me on board (cira 80kg depending on how well my morning drop off goes) the car is 1015kg
bit of a tw*t to do this one as we have 2 drivers experiencing 2 fuel loads, so we have...
Silverstone, PSC's (mega cash), Yoko, bridgestone whatever their track tyre is called (RE070 is it?) Dunlop
R888s are at the bottom end of track rubber
my mate is one of the largest importers of part worns, 4 x 235/45 17 to me = £40 and i'll get 10K out of them
most of his stuff comes from Germany where the legal limit there is 3mm, i believe i'm correct in saying you CANNOT repair tyres in germany, and if one gets damaged you MUST replace...
in simple terms you adjust the ride heights at each corner to change the weight balance/distribution on each corner (it goes a lot more complex and mind bending than that, but i'll keep it simple)
ie
a standard clio typically would have a stock setup as follows
(with driver)
FL 320kg...
had a little play with it today (only a quickie as it needs attention in other places before i go to town on the complete setup) lets just say the weights were erm......................off