Which is "more" important: Front/rear bias or center of gravity?

[Ron Sutton]

Hi Rusty,

Assuming your goal is handling performance ... you do NOT want to put any additional weight ... especially 62# ... 36" behind the rear axle line.

Packaging stuff/weight in a car is one the challenges we all face in building a car for performance. For road courses, autocross & spirited curvy road driving ... ideally, all 4 corners would weigh the same statically, and ...

* The majority of weight is inside the wheelbase.
* The majority of the weight is as close to the center (both ways) of car as possible.
* The CG is at a height optimum for the speeds the car will spend the majority of its time running in (low, but how low is the question).
* Build the car as light as is practical & safe. Lighter cars accelerate, decelerate & turn better ... period. So don't add a bunch of weight to balance the car if you can avoid it.

Add the 62# 6" below present the center of gravity sounds very good.

And if you achieve a streetable g-machine with 51F/49R, that will be better than 90-95% of the cars built. So, good job !