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Originally Posted by 76FJ55
that's 3/4 of a GALLON, not 3/4 of a tank. I highly doubt you'd feel the difference of 4 lbs in the front.
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Your original take on the difference in the weight bias is right, and not being an engineer, I can’t really make a mathematical argument, but it seems to me that front rake is going to have a compounded impact at speed.
If you stick our hand out the window flat while driving at 80 mph, and then tilt it even slightly downward, you immediately feel force pushing down on the front. Whereas if you keep it flat or even slightly upward, any buffeting wind lifts the front substantially.
That said, my rake was flat before, and I thought adding the front lip spoiler would make a more drastic difference. However adding that rake did, though possibly my toe also came inward. I’ll know in a week when I re-align.
I’m less interested in the front lip w/ or w/out argument. I think it’s been beat to death. If anyone gets on a track seriously and doesn’t use a tail and a front splitter, I don’t think they’ll be very successful. But I think for daily driving or spirited driving and the occasional track day, front lip and no tail is probably fine.