yeah, Top38 and Curly 1..those are the realistic answers, experiment is the only way.. cause every scenario is going to be different..Rose and I were fortunate to get access to a nice Proform scale set..We weighed the car in 5 different scenarios..The results really surprised us.. I am digesting them and will post if anyone is still interested..

Interested to hear!

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Originally posted by STEVE LUCE:
yeah, Top38 and Curly 1..those are the realistic answers, experiment is the only way.. cause every scenario is going to be different..Rose and I were fortunate to get access to a nice Proform scale set..We weighed the car in 5 different scenarios..The results really surprised us.. I am digesting them and will post if anyone is still interested..

I am interested, I am here to learn and help others learn.

OK Bucky and Curly 1..here is what Rose and I found..Suncoast 96 hardtail, 215 wheel base, Iron block, nothin special here..Batteries are 2 red tops 72" behind the front axle c/line..empty weight, 1695#..weight on front wheels,472# equals 27.8% weight on front wheels..weight with driver and 2 batteries= total weight 1885#, front weight= 552 #, and 29.2% on front wheels..weight with driver and one bat. total= 1842..front weight=521# which =28.2%...weight with driver and no batteries= 1800, on front wheels is 490# and 27.1%.. now take out the 27# lead ballast out of the nose, no batteries, and driver in car..total weight 1773#, = 461# on front wheels and 25.9% of weight on front wheels..ok I am going to post this before I lose it and go from there..

seems to me, i can take out 112# out of the car and add 2, 8# lithium ion 16 volt batteries... step up a little more performance and upgrade to 16 volts..which makes everything else work better that is electrical.. at a cost of 1600.00 American dollars = 16 dollars per pound..that is like a black friday firesale deal, considering the rule of thumb is 100 bucks a pound ..ha, not on my pension checks..now if I can only sell the wife on this??!!