I weighed my '88 westy without any water and I'll have to look and see if I kept the numbers.
If I remember correctly there was a left side weight bias, and front to back were nearly the same.

I'll have to try it again and report back.

Has anyone ever calculated the CG of their Vanagon?
I have the "how -to" instructions if anyone wants them.
It does require the use of a scale and jacking up the van while its weighed.

Todd

 -------------- Original message ----------------------
From: Bill Glenn <idahobill@GMAIL.COM>
> On Tue, 4 Sep 2007 11:53:16 -0700, Jake de Villiers
> <crescentbeachguitar@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
>
> >Just to point out Bill that you have the diff and axles up front but you've
> >got the gas and tank over the rear wheels now.
> >There is also a weight difference between the 2WD double wishbone front
> >suspension and the Syncro's MacPherson strut system.
> >
> >I don't think its really useful to compare your Syncroweight distribution
> to
> >Don's 2WD GL.
> >
> >You shouldn't be having traction issues anyway!   :)
>
>
> Jake,
> Just to be clear, I was not trying to compare my Syncro's weight
> distribution to Don's.  I purposely did not quote any of his post or refer
> to his van, or to his experience with it.  Rather, in response to your
> statement about a front-weight bias in Vanagons, which did not distinguish
> between 2WD and 4WD, I replied to, and quoted a portion of your post in an
> attempt to broaden the discussion by providing actual data, as opposed to
> anecdotal evidence, since it seems very few have actually weighed their
> vans.  I made sure to say I was talking Syncro.  I went on to relate my
> experience with 2WD Vanagons, and with my Syncro in 2WD mode, i.e. the prop
> shaft removed.  I again made no reference to anyone else's van, just my own
> experience.  Rather than us speculating as to how a Syncro compares with a
> 2WD Vanagon in weight distribution, perhaps someone who has actually
> weighed their 2WD Vanagon will post to this thread.  I'm sorry if you feel
> that my comments were off-topic or otherwise misplaced.
> Cheers,
> Bill