Recent content by Snomad

Should I be concerned that the weight distribution of the V6 Alpine is 32.5% front / 67.5% rear? Would I want the lift upright offset towards the back of the car, with the front arm somehow longer than the back to get the leverage working in my favour?

Found this interesting and relevant thread from 2013

Thanks - Do you have a link to the thread? I'm concerned about oil leaks too! Would probably try to build so sort of easily deployable supported tray.

A310 jack points are immediately behind the front wheels and immediately ahead of the rear wheel. However the car is built like a Lotus and weighs only 980kg (2160lbs); it has a steel backbone chassis with outriggers and a GRP body over the top. When you use the jacking points you are stressing...

Hello all. Thank you for being the source of many garage dreams for me over the years as a lurker, but this is my first post. Being British we have to make do with much smaller garage spaces than we'd prefer. The detached double garage I am considering is 4.80m (15'9") wide x 5.35m (17.6")...