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Ladies and Gentlemen, 

I have here what I can discribe only as a brutal science competition.  
This is the only event in which our school has decided to go out and look 
for serious help in.

Any help at all, suggestions, advice, tips...etc.  Will be appreciated.

The event is called "Massing a Car."

We will be presented with a car on a concrete floor in an auto shop and 
given a maximum of 10min to determine the mass of the car in Kg.
The car may be loaded unevenly (i.e., the weight of the car may not be 
equally distributed on the 4 tires).  The tires may or may not be of the 
same type (tread design, diameter, circumference, width etc.)
The car will remain locked during the exercise.  We may not lift the car 
in any manner, manually or mechanically.  We may not use any balances to 
measure the mass or the weight of the car directly.
We may measure any external features of the car (such as length, width, 
height, tire pressure, tire dimensions, etc.).  (We must bring our own 
measuring devices.)
Scoring is based on how close to the actual mass of the car as determined 
by the judges.  Ties will be determined by the shortest time taken to 
complete the task.

I can state that from previous years, time is of the essence!

I have given all of the information we know and would appreciate any 
responces.  

The date of the competition is April 29, 1995.

I will do my best to read the newsgroups I have posted this in as often 
as possible but unless you want to discuss an idea among others E-mail 
would be appreciated.

Thanks in advance for anyhelp...

Sean "Demetrius" Stephens
maisonn@server.uwindsor.ca

P.S. This is a high school competition in windsor ON, Canada.