MK4 cortez / excelsior weight / corner weight front rear

[Jin]

hi all
does anyone have an idea (rough or precise) as to what the corner weights of a mk4 are?

Doing spring calcs etc as the mo but ive no idea what is what, I’ve had a vague guess at 450lb fronts and 300 rear (corner weights not spring rates)

can anyone throw anything into the pot even if its mk3?

Cheers

[streetsy]

Alistair may be your best bet, rear coilovers on my mk3 cabriolet are rated 100lb, don't know the corner weights though

[benofbrum]

I have just found a letter from Alistair to John Crowson sent when John was preparing my Excelsior for its SVA which includes these figures:
Design Weight axle 1 600kg
Design Weight axle 2 500kg
Total Weight 1060kg

[Jin]

Fantastic cheers.
Though much heavier than I thought.

[Stuart]

Fantastic cheers.
Though much heavier than I thought.

Brian weighed his mk4 and it was around 840 kgs if I remember correctly.

[Geoff Butcher]

That seems very heavy! I weighed my Ginetta G21 years ago and it was 830kg, that's with a steel chassis, Holbay Rapier engine and box and a beam axle...

[benofbrum]

I think the figures I quoted are the maximum design weights, i.e. fuelled up and loaded with people and luggage. According to the Metro workshop manual, a 3 door weighs between 815 and 845kg

[Jin]

Thanks everyone.
I'm leaving much of what I need to trial and error, I had thought the mk4 was under 700kg though?

[Stuart]

Thanks everyone.
I'm leaving much of what I need to trial and error, I had thought the mk4 was under 700kg though?

I can see why you might think that. Autocar weighed their road test MK 3 at around 806 kgs. MK 2 at 660 kgs.

I bet yours is north of 850 kgs. of course you know the only way to know for certain is to weigh it.

[Jin]

This is true, and there is a weigh bridge not far from where I work, seems obvious really