it was 1500 kilograms or 3306 pounds with 3 ppl in it with out my friends and i it weighs 2811. with stereo spare school books and a lot of otehr ****.

u guys think this sounds good?

 

2800 with a stereo would be pretty good. how much gas??

 

thats not bad with a stereo but I think you should go for about 2600 or so.


are 86-88's lighter than 89-91????

 

By a few hundred pounds even.

 

how much does it cost you to have your car weighted?

 

Actually about 220-240 for the turbos. Or really close to that. But u can make the late model 2600pds with a few tricks.

 

V8 RX-7 weighed, took care to scale... do i see a trend starting here?

 

I can go to the recycle center here to use the scale. You have to weigh in as you enter and leave to see how much junk you dropped off. I could just ask how much I weigh after dumping off everything.
Most of your interior is recycleable, AC lines are aluminum, so they can go. I figure since I don't have cats, I'm paying my dues by recycling.

 

86-88 cars start at 2625lbs
89-91 cars start at 2805lbs +-25 lbs

Thats the curb weight, IE no cargo, just a full tank of gas, no driver, and spares and stuff

 

Really radical weight savings you can get just under 2200 with almost no gas or driver thats one seat and nothing else inside. no ac, ps, smog pump ect

when i was sitting on the scale it was 2453lbs with 1/8th tank of gas. I wiegh about 160 so that would have been about 2193lbs

all that got me a 15.0 1/4

 

Hey paulC. How did u drop 400pds. I Wouldnt think thier was that much u can take off. The seat only weighs like 20pds or something.??? Did u replace ur hatch and hood. What else. And how much of a difference do u feel. Launch quicker exc.

 

87 TII, 2550lbs with about 1/2 tank of gas.

87 TII, removed all emissions, cats, etc, straight pipe exhaust w/no mufflers, no spare, jack, etc. No a/c, cruise, PS, lighter wheels, heater, stereo, smaller battery, front bumper reinforcement, 17lb flywheel, no rear wiper, washer, rear mat under carpet, power antenna.

Front seats weigh about 33lbs each, the car still has the power windows, sunroof (33lbs), carpet, seats, interior appears to be complete and the car has all glass windows and sound deading that is glued to the floor.

Figure if we take out the front pass seat and front sway bar (for drag racing) that should dump another 40lbs, carpet and misc interior will weigh about 30-40lbs, so empty (no gas) it would weigh about 120 lbs less than it does now for a total of 2430lbs. Replacing windows with plastic will save more along with chipping off any sound deadening. Replacing front wheels with "skinnies" will save another ~30lbs.

Jeff
87 TII
93 R1

 

whats front bumper reinforcment and how much does it weigh... Wow thanx for the input... I had no idea this car can get so light. Can i just scrape that glued foam out??? Also did u get a lighter latch and hood.

 

yeah, I go to this concrete yard by my house, they have a scale for weighing trucks before they buy sand/gravel/stone whatever, and then they weigh them on the way out to see how much to charge. The guy there is pretty cool, (he dosent give a **** if I burn off off the scale either).

 

The front bumper reinforcement is the fiberglass piece that is behind the nose. It weighs about 15-20lbs. To take it off you have to remove the nose, unbolt reinforcement and replace nose. I didn't have to scrape any foam off, it isn't glued to the nose.

I REALLY wouldn't recommend this mod for a car that is driven on the street, one little parking lot tap will wipe out your front end.

This car isn't really streetable, no heater is the real killer. Driving in any type of rain is just miserable, the windows fog up like an old VW bug.

Hatch and hood are stock. You won't save much weight over an aluminum hood, you might save 10-20lbs by replacing the rear window with plastic, although I doubt it would seal very well.

Jeff

 

full tank of gas and about a 10 pound school binder

in canada we have truck scales on the side of the road and they r free to use at night time. its for the semi trucks.

 

The front and rear impact bars are #12 each but the brackets that hold them on the car are #5 each. That's roughly #22 off each end of the car. Remember thats weight sitting outside the wheel base. Replacing the rear hatch with the Mazda Competition parts hatch will save about #30(if I remember correctly) of weight that is mounted real high in the chassis. Bad part is the Mazda piece is expensive($600 plus). Not very usable for the street. Sound Deadening Goo(SDG) removed from under the carpet will save #25.

I've got a list of items I weighed somewhere that I'll eventually post with the weight of my FP car. I'm hoping for a running weight of #2250 with me in it. The lexan windows come later.

 

Ill give you 2750.00 cash.

 

My 91 NA with a sound system, rear seat, 1/4 tank of gas weighed 2880lbs

 

my 89 gtu weighed 2850 with stereo and tons of crap in the car