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Old 09-25-02, 10:03 PM
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t2 weight

how much dose a stock T2 wiegh? and what is the easyest things to remove to make it lighter?
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what year?
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An 87-88 TII has a curb weight of between 2850lbs and 2900lbs depending on options and year. Obviously, power steering cars are a little heavier. The lightest would be and early 87 TII with an aluminum hood, no power steering, no alarm system, no power door locks and no ABS.

An 89-91 TII has a curb weight of 2990lbs to 3000lbs depending on year and options. They are heavier than 87 - 88 TIIs because of an addittional reinforcement bar underneath the dash, electric seatbelts, standard ABS, a fully equipped interior and fog lights. I may have missed a few features, but you get the idea.
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2nd the ? of what's easyest to take off, tooo lazy to search
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87 TIIs had ABS as an option?
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I'd answer that, but I'm too lazy to post, oh wait, no I'm not, I guess I'm just making a point...

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2850 - 2870 is about right for a Series 4 (87-88) turbo 2
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to take stuff off we took the rear speakers out, all that crap underneath the carpet, hood liner junk, abs, p/s, air pump, single exhaust, lot of heat shielding gone, fan shroud and e fan, s5 wheels are 13 pounds light each i think, theres a lot of crap all over the car that can be removed when it snows and gets boring a lot of work gets done to cars
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i have never seen a 89 -91 T2

PS: do you guys know of any good canadian car shopping websites other than canadatrader.com
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all my accecories you listed Greg are taken off eccept my alarm which is staying what next besides seats
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Dont take off the insulation from the hood. The heat will mess it all up and it will start chipping off.

Theres lots of stuff you can do. Just use your imagination but remember that you have to sometimes
?comprimise? between ?comphort? and performance.
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its been off for a year and theres no problems ...yet
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Originally posted by Rx72Die4
87 TIIs had ABS as an option?
Yes it did. I took it off my TII chassis since the pump was leaking. Commone problem I understand.
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hey guys. i have a 89 na im not sure which one
but how much do you think it would weight if i converted to t2 minus the hood and a fmic.
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i weighed my 87 t2 with all my tools, a big sub box in the back, and nothing removed with a full tank of gas at 2850 lbs. i wasnt in the car of course, but still, pretty good. oh yeah i didnt have catalytic converters.
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Originally posted by LI FC Greg
An 87-88 TII has a curb weight of between 2850lbs and 2900lbs depending on options and year. Obviously, power steering cars are a little heavier. The lightest would be and early 87 TII with an aluminum hood, no power steering, no alarm system, no power door locks and no ABS.

An 89-91 TII has a curb weight of 2990lbs to 3000lbs depending on year and options. They are heavier than 87 - 88 TIIs because of an addittional reinforcement bar underneath the dash, electric seatbelts, standard ABS, a fully equipped interior and fog lights. I may have missed a few features, but you get the idea.
WHOOO HOOO, i got a early model 87 TII, feels good and light, no need for extra ****, without powersteering i got alot more MUSCULAR, and i never knew about the aluminum hood, no wonder my friends 10th anniv hood is freaking heavy mines like nothing.

-mike
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Which is heavier a na hood or a tII hood?
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The aluminum hoods are the lightest. They come in NA and TII flavors.
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Originally posted by Rs4Racer
Which is heavier a na hood or a tII hood?
Turbo II Steel Hood- 52Lbs.
Turbo II Aluminum Hood- 30Lbs.
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Can somebody answer how much my 88 GXL weighs? I posted this question In the past with Indirect answers.
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Weight

A 1988 GXL 2 seater with a 5 speed should have a curb weight of about 2800 lbs as best as I can figure out from reading all the the available books and test drives in magazines.
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Originally posted by 600HP CLUB


WHOOO HOOO, i got a early model 87 TII, feels good and light, no need for extra ****, without powersteering i got alot more MUSCULAR, and i never knew about the aluminum hood, no wonder my friends 10th anniv hood is freaking heavy mines like nothing.

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It was my understading that all TII hoods were aluminum.
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Re: Weight

Originally posted by LI FC Greg
A 1988 GXL 2 seater with a 5 speed should have a curb weight of about 2800 lbs as best as I can figure out from reading all the the available books and test drives in magazines.
Yea, that Is how I Interpreted It too. Thanks.
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actually, i thought the 88 gxl 2 seater w/ 5 speed weighs about 2625? at least that's what it says on this site... http://2ndgenrx7.freeservers.com/cgi...3/1988year.gif
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I came across that same site and that Is where the confusion started. I even posted a thread on It. So I averaged the two to 2713.

But In my case, I had the 2+2 but swapped out my Interior for 89 Black Turbo II Interior minus the back seats. So I stand to save a good 45lbs.

Even still, I may just have my car weighed.


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