Hi all, can somebody help. What is the usual/best way of obtaining these. I can't drive it to the weigh bridge, or can I if I make an appointment? Or is there some magic way of doing it, with a short piece of string and a large spanner. Any help greatly appreciated. Regards Chippy.

Just guess it but make sure you're about 100Kg over the actual weight on each axel.

I put 450 450 and 900 I think.

The car actually weighs about 600.

Hi Andy, that sounds fine, but unfortunately my SVA Station is Southampton, and from what I have heard they are sticklers for having everything just so. atb Chippy

They do this at the SVA test anyway.
Would it be worth phoning them at the station and asking if you can weight it on the day and enter the weights in?

Design weights are not same as actual weights. Use 450 / 450 - totl 900Kg.

You need to use high enough weights to give you a saftey factor but not too much as they use them to calculate if the brake performance results on the rollers are a pass or fail.

I agree with the 450/450/900 split.

I weighed my car with beam scales front and rear and got 307Kg front 300Kg rear.

SVA requires you allow 75Kg per passenger with which you are supposed to work out moments etc depending upon distances from the axles but I just used 450Kg front & rear to be safe. The max is just the two added together.

At SVA it weighed in at just under 600Kg which is probably a bit heavy for a Pinto locost. It's certainly not built light.

Thanks Guys, I will take a chance on the 450 + 450 = 900 then. mine will definately be heavier than a 2ltr, fitted with the 2.9i, and because of that built a bit on the heavy side, extra bracing etc. Oh what the heck, they can only say it aint right. Thanks again, Chippy