I'm not sure I understand this. Granted, I weigh 50 lbs less (around
150), but I have to add ~12-15 lbs of ballast to get to 800 lbs with
empty tanks. Someone at 165 would be dead-on. This is in a 2002 Red
Devil with starter, battery, and some added weight in gussets and
tubing - it's not exactly an anorexic car, and I've made no efforts to
reduce its weight. Stock-built, I would expect to see ~10 lbs lighter
(getting break-even to 175 lbs), and you could go to a pull-starter to
take off even more. From what I understand, the Invaders start out
significantly lighter than this car, so I must be missing something.
Personally, I don't like the idea of running with 65 lbs of lead bolted
in. In a newer, lighter car, I could be pushing 80-90 lbs of
ballast.....does this really make sense?
Marshall Mauney
<<<Has anyone ever considered petitioning to have our minimum weight
raised to say 850? It seems a large percentage of us are "normal sized"
adults in the 190-210 weight range. It is nearly impossible for most of
us to make minimum weight of 800 pounds. In the interest of fair
competition, it seems that we should try to get the minimum set to a
point that most of us can make. I am by no means "over-weight"
physically, but still come in a full 30 pounds over the minimum on a
good day as I am 6'2" tall, 203 pounds. >>>
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