Weight management

Russell Roach · Post by **Russell Roach** » Fri Jan 13, 2006 8:57 pm

Hey guys,

Just wondering, anyone want to weigh in(no pun intended) on how heavy or how much their cars weigh. I have mine down to 1836 lbs without driver.

I'd like to hear some numbers for comparison.

Thanks
Russell

Import_sounds-of-mid-GA · Fri Jan 13, 2006 10:39 pm

78 camaro with small block- 3100lbs..... 67 chevell small block and 93 trans am- 3600lb

Sry, they are all muscle cars, but only cars we have weighed

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Import_sounds-of-mid-GA · Fri Jan 13, 2006 10:47 pm

alving wrote:I'm probably the only one here lame enough to weigh their roadster:

lame???

2120lbs with a U20, rollbar, full tank, heater, etc.

how much does the roll bar add? My insurance thing said it weighed 2006lb.... could that be without a top?

TR · Post by TR » Fri Jan 13, 2006 11:01 pm

Alvin,

Are you going to the dump late at night and sneaking onto the scale?!

TR

Russell Roach · Post by **Russell Roach** » Fri Jan 13, 2006 11:07 pm

Alvin,

I think I have something on the stock weights, the reason I was wondering took out the old TI calculator and came up with( now this is only on a 1600) for every 19 lbs I remove I get one useable hp.
weights are as follows

spl-310 2030
spl-311 2085
srl-311 2110

I was like I said weighing in at 1913 now the car is at 1836 so approxiamately 249 pounds lighter. Not trying to be lame, just looking for numbers for comparison

Cheers,

Russell

Russell Roach · Post by **Russell Roach** » Fri Jan 13, 2006 11:15 pm

Alvin,

Those numbers from Road and Track

Russell

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Russell Roach · Post by **Russell Roach** » Fri Jan 13, 2006 11:34 pm

Alvin,

No harm, no foul

Russell

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spriso · Post by **spriso** » Sat Jan 14, 2006 12:27 am

Last summer I weighed Dave Jolliff's 1966 Datsun Roadster:

SR20DE engine/5-speed transmission
300ZX Twin-Turbo front brakes
Full interior, and spare tire
Full tank of gas
15" Panasport wheels
Roll Bar
Miata Seats

Michael

Import_sounds-of-mid-GA · Sat Jan 14, 2006 1:29 pm

Sorry to go off the weight subject, but what kind of muffler is that on the blue SR20 roadster?

Post by **spl310** » Sat Jan 14, 2006 1:38 pm

Michael,

Can you start a thread about the 300ZX brakes? Have you tried to convert any 5 lug hubs to fit a Roadster?

On the weight, Andy Cost has a seriously lightened Roadster. Mine are all stock and I am a chubby guy, so a lightweight roadster is wasted on me...

Russell Roach · Post by **Russell Roach** » Sat Jan 14, 2006 5:03 pm

Alvin,

Basically the whole interior was gutted, rollbar added aprox 100lbs, Kirkey intermediate drag seat 14 pounds, fuel tank replaced with fuel cell, all supports and sound proofing taken off hood,trunk, and doors(the hood alone had a pound and a half of sound proofing. The hood latch was remove that damn thing weighed a pound. nothing done to the firewalls or inner fenders, thats where Andy Cost saved a great deal of weight he cut his out, can do it for autocross can't for racing.

I haven't done anything to the frame because that is the one thing on a Datsun that 1. adds the most weight but 2. adds the most strucyural rigidity. Our frames make an MG or Healy Sprite look like flexiflyers.

I can't wait to put this thing on the track also I am running neg 1.5 degrees of neg camber can you say corner boys and girls.

Russell

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