3400, the only weight reduction i got it no interior from the back of the front seats back. still had the spare in it and 12 gallons of gas. gotta take more out of it now

 

What kind of car do you have?

 

93 formula a4

 

Sounds about right to me. My car weighed in at 3350 lbs with about half a tank of gas, no spare or jack.

 

Hm.... i am interested to see what mine is going to weigh... I have no backseat, no spare or jack, I took out all of the sound deadening under the carpet, !airpump, !stock catback, and a couple of other little things.... I have an M6, camaro, NO POWER ANYTHING, hardtop.... So the way i see it is i already had a pretty light camaro to start with.... I cant wait to go and weigh it a the track soon....


Chris

 

To put it in context,my 97 camaro SS hartop auto. Bone stock spare tire etc. and about half tank of gas. 3530lbs

 

3652 lbs soaking wet.

LWM

 

Whats the point in taking out a LITTLE extra pounds. Id rather have comfort. You wont gain much if any. To me, its stupid IMO.

 

Where do you get your car weighed anyways? I'm interesting in seeing what mine comes out as.

 

Are these raceweights? (meaning with the person in the car)

 

Mine weighed in at 3390 with about a 1/4 - 1/2 a tank. I just weighed it on the local garbage dump scale.

 

Most people get theirs weighed at the track or at a truck weigh station. I'm gonna do mine at the track.


Chris

 

My car went on a diet this weekend. Things I removed with attached weights:

Front impact bracing, 23lbs
Front driving lights/brackets, 3lbs
Front swaybar/brackets, 14lbs
Windshield washer resovoir, 8lbs (estimate with varied fluid levels)
Rear impact bracing, 21lbs
Rear seat, 19lbs
Rear seatbelts, 9lbs
Rear decklid divider, 4lbs
JL Audio Stealthbox, 27.5lbs
Rockford Amp, 6lbs
------------------------
Total = 134.5lbs

JUST off the front end >>>>> = 48lbs <<<<<<

My car weighed 3440lbs before <without the spare/jack> so I'm curious to see what it weighs now after I get it back on a scale.

Things I still plan to do:
All sound deadening material under carpet 22lb estimate (carpet to remain)
Lightweight front buckets 35lbs
ABS unit/brackets 10lbs
Center console replaced with custom carbon fiber unit 9lbs
Misc junk from center console/glovebox 5lbs
Lightweight slicks/skinnies 75lbs (have heavy 17x9.5/17x11 ZR1 combo now)

After everything I should be around 3220lbs +/- 10lbs. These should make a very noticable improvement at the track and how the car handles/feels day-to-day.

Mike

 

No,mine was weighed without me in it. Being in the country I had mine weighed on feed scales.lol
Hard to believe the rear seats are 19lbs,there's nothing to them.

 

Mikey97, are you talking vehicle weight or race weight, there?

I've had my car weighed twice, once at a truck weigh scale and once at the drag strip. The first time it came out as 3550 without me in the car, totally stock. This is a T-topped third-gen Trans Am with A/C and A4 transmission, and full tank of fuel.

The second time (last year) was with no spare tire, no rear seats, no A/C, a T56 transmission swap, and an 8-point Chromoly roll bar installed. The race weight with me in it was 3700. Subtract my 185 lbs of butt and it comes in at 3515. I think most V8 third and fourth-gen cars all come in around 3350 to 3600 pounds from the factory. I think a realistic race weight for a street/strip is 3300 pounds, including driver. I dont believe in any sub-3000 pound F-cars unless they have been back-halved, are missing all interior, and are running lexan windows.

GVW = Mass of car + all fluids + max cargo capacity of vehicle
VEH. WEIGHT = Mass of car + all fluids
RACE WEIGHT = Mass of car + all fluids + driver