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Originally Posted by lhopp77
Yes, that is IT, exactly. Simple demo--pick up a brick in the middle with only your thumb on one side and middle finger on the other side. Tip it up so one end is up---easy to do. Now, do the same thing except have your thumb and middle finger on the very end of the brick. Tilt it so the opposite end is up----very hard!!!! That is the same as our trunk lids----pivot point makes it FEEL heavy.
Lee
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Ok Lee, your theory is partially right, but not entirely. You forgot to measure the centre of balance on the trunk. Or if you want an horizontal line of balance between the license plate area and the area where rear glass meet trunk (doesn't meet actually, but you got the idea...)
Comparing it to the BMW E36 trunk which is exactly the same shape, only lighter. Here is a picture of the E36 trunk:
And here is in comparison, the trunk of the SVX (Stolen from Gamesy):
As you can see the license plate area is smaller than that of the SVX. There is no additional weight there, no taillight, no large wing, a couple of sheets of 1.5mm metal, etc... that's it.
Whereas the SVX has a taillight, a wing, and a double layer of thick fiberglass which makes the centre of balance more to the outside than in the middle/inside.
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