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I have on my SVA certificate 450 KG front, 500 rear, gross weight 900KG.
OK stupid question and I'm sure this is just me being thick but how does this compare to the 550kg quoted by Marlin http://www.marlinsportscars.co.uk/5exi_self_build_engine.html for a k-series build or is it like the estimated budget and build time e.g. on the very optomistic side.
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Take Marlin's figures for most things with a pinch of salt!
Remember the actual measured weight of the car can be considerably less than the quoted axle design weights and maximum gross weight (which are used by the brake system calculations at SVA to govern acceptable brake effort).
I ended up with an unladen weight on the SVA scales (we'll assume Marlin are quoting without fluids or fuel!) of about 720kg for the Type-R car. I reckon if I was a complete weight nazi during the build, and didn't fit various options (additional panelling etc) I could probably have got the Type-R car down to about 680kg, which probably means the smaller K-series builds could achieve about 630kg, realistically.
Rich (Bigrich) has built a pretty stripped-out K-series version. What was your measured weight at SVA Rich?
Mine at SVA on the scles was about 820 K as with me in it and a full tank 5 gals. The figure arounf the 700 ish mark must be some where near right if thats the case.
Doesnt sound like theres too much of a weight penalty for using the Turbo or the Type-R engines over the K-series, interesting. Certainly means I need to try and make mine as lean a build a possible.
but how does this compare to the 550kg quoted by Marlin 
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