ioTus

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All the car guys aruond here that i know (that actually are into performance) claim their civics weigh in at 1700 pounds, full interior....

I didnt believe them at first, until every single one i talked to said the same thing.

Now whats up with that??? i could have sworn that the FB's were nice because they dont weigh much. Now what is up with that!? Civics, weighing nearly a thousand pounds less than an rx7? (and before you start flaming me that rx7's dont weigh that much, i know how much they weigh. So instead of talking about this, talk about the thread that i brought up please)

Could someone please clear this up in my mind, are civics really that much lighter? If so, why are they still slow as hell?

Project84

Horsepower to weight ratio. It may be a lighter car, but its a weaker engine.

The RX-7 is light, but its not the lightest car ever made. The size and design of the car compliments the rotary engine very well though.

Zulu

1700lbs isn't even street legal, that's B.S.

I believe the elise was illegal here because it weighed 1800lbs or something... or maybe that's what they had to raise the weight too...

I have, however, heard of a guy with an older CRX claim that it weighed in at 2000lbs with full interior... I'm still sceptical, but, those older civics and so-on weren't made up of much.

851stgen12a

The stock civic weighs around 2200lbs. If you gut it and remove all possible weight bullshit, you can get it to around 1600lbs.

inittab

Depending on the year and model, Civic's can weigh between 2100 and 2400lbs.

rgus30

thoes civic's weight more than that dont they ?
I thought they were around 2600lbs and fully striped down they were like 1900-2000 .
hummmmmm I think I gota find this out now

jeremy

iTrader: (1)

'88 manual crx hf = 1819
'92 s coupe = 2277

on average they weigh in the low to mid 2k's, getting heavier each generation as normal. info taken at msn autos.

Zulu

That's dry curb weight, add some fuel and oil and so-on


hrm, my rex is 2400lbs full interior on a truck weigh scale on the highway, where can I pull 400lbs? :p

gamble302

my rex was 2300 lbs with a few goodies removed, still tryin to shave it down though

White84SE

My '86 Si weighs roughly 2050 pounds and that's full interior, but almost no gas and no driver... no clue on what my 7 weighs..

--Danny

onepointone

if you REALLY want to, you can get a crx hf under 1000lbs. i have alot of friends that race civic and crxs, and they are pretty light.

you have to figure that these are mass produced economy cars, they are probably made light for gas milage and so on. you dont want to be dragging around all this extra weight

Zulu

so how do I get rid of all the weight in my gsl-se :p

mar3

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If you sit in an old CRX, you'd understand immediately...those are small sons-of-bitches....smaller than even my '80 or '84...

WanKeL FD RX-7

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i think the hatchback civics weights about 2200lbs.. the 2 door coupé ones are 2500+lbs...

Max

rgus30

thats what I thought MAX....so I was just a little off
lol
randy
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Hyper4mance2k

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83-87 civic's with a full tank and full of oil only weigh 195 i know cause i had 3 and later model civics weigh in at around 2400 lbs

Wankelguy

Same reason an apple weighs less than an orange, I suppose. -WG

peejay

Depends on the year, options, etc!

But there are many things to figure.

Civics/CRXs are made from VERY thin stampings.

A Civic engine weighs much less than a rotary engine. FAR less.

Same goes for the transmission.

Then there's several hundred pounds for the rearend that Civics *don't* have.

Also the big huge radiator and oil cooler - most Civics have radiators the size of a picture book.

RX-7s also have lots of channel sections and bracing that Civics *don't* have.

SoRRoW

This topic was dumb,,

Why are some terds longer than others?

MIKE-P-28

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Maybe because they are made of tin foil? and a civic is about 10 years newer than the Rx-7's .. Sheet metal gets thinner when vehicles get newer

MIKE-P-28

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Now thats funny LOL

inittab

agreed

All depends on when you pinch 'em off I guess.

Zulu

ahahahahahaha

ioTus

iTrader: (5)

THank you for asessing that my post is dumb.

I personally dont ever do that to someone, but i dont konw, just me i guess.

I knew they didnt know what they were talking about. THe thing that i was thinking was, if these civics are so light, and have the same horse power as a 12a, why arent they fast? Why cant we make our rexes that light? but, as i suspected, they arent as light as they pretend to be.

Once again, a ricer pretends to be fast, or light in this case.

White84SE

Stock for stock, they ARE as fast, if not faster... oh god, please tell me I didn't just say that....

--Danny