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Old 08-01-2013, 05:03 PM   #111
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Originally Posted by Rampage View Post
He is an ex Mr2 Spyder owner and I do not think he found it that easily. Those are some rather obscure sites. I looked once and could not find the Spyder's CG. I am rather surprised it is 1.2 inches higher than the FR-S but I guess having the cams and head above the pistons is the reason for that. Interesting data.
the best resource would be the nhtsa rollover data. they use some simple formula to assess a value and you can just solve for the cog. when the frs came out i spent a lot of time there trying to show that the frs cog is impressive but not unprecedented even at its price point.
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