Weighing the car
I got the Proform vehicle scale setup and was able to measure the 320i weight at each of the four wheels. I will post some pictures in the photo gallery. The total weight after the ICE removal is now 1776 lbs. With a spec curb weight of 2452 lbs that means all the of the removed ICE components weighed 675 lbs. That is just about what I expected for the ICE weight. It is interesting that the driver's side of the vehicle weighs about 40 lbs more in the front and only 5 lbs different between the left and right sides in the back. The front weight difference is probably due to the steering column and associated hardware. The 245 lbs difference between the front and the rear weight distributions now means I have to locate more weight in the front to get a balanced front/rear weight ratio. As I said in the EV Design article, some of the weight in the rear could be moved to the front, like the DC-DC converter. There also will be more components in the front that will add weight like the transmission.
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