Weighed my car...
06-09-06, 12:56 AM
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Weighed my car...
well i took everything out of my car and weighed it in at 1460lbs with 1/4 tank of gas. removed:
-spare tire 25lbs
-tool kit and jack cant recall weight
-subwoofer and box, amp 65lbs
-rear seats and hatch carpet and sound deadner 25lbs
my car is a 86 luxury model with airpump removed, all AC components still on, no cats and custom exhaust, aluminum hood. these are the only things i can think of that affect weight. im going to remove the AC system, and ill strip the back down before i go to the strip again and weigh it again.
-spare tire 25lbs
-tool kit and jack cant recall weight
-subwoofer and box, amp 65lbs
-rear seats and hatch carpet and sound deadner 25lbs
my car is a 86 luxury model with airpump removed, all AC components still on, no cats and custom exhaust, aluminum hood. these are the only things i can think of that affect weight. im going to remove the AC system, and ill strip the back down before i go to the strip again and weigh it again.
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06-09-06, 11:25 AM
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Is weight reduction beneficial for autocrossing, and such? I don't see any benefit to it for street use and the drag strip. Only reason I say this is that you only gain 1/10th of a second for every 100lbs removed
06-09-06, 11:33 AM
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Originally Posted by rotorforce
Is weight reduction beneficial for autocrossing, and such? I don't see any benefit to it for street use and the drag strip. Only reason I say this is that you only gain 1/10th of a second for every 100lbs removed
Thats so not true...
And weight reduction is good for EVERYTHING. Improves cornering, acceleration, braking...there is no negative, except top speed stability.
06-09-06, 11:37 AM
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Weight reduction is also good for cornering capabilities as you have less mass fighting with your tire traction to go straight while you turn....if that makes sense.
lol...I got a phone call in the middle of typing this and u beat me to posting. :P
lol...I got a phone call in the middle of typing this and u beat me to posting. :P
06-09-06, 11:39 AM
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Originally Posted by adrock3217
Thats so not true...
And weight reduction is good for EVERYTHING. Improves cornering, acceleration, braking...there is no negative, except top speed stability.
And weight reduction is good for EVERYTHING. Improves cornering, acceleration, braking...there is no negative, except top speed stability.
06-09-06, 03:16 PM
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Originally Posted by rotorforce
Is weight reduction beneficial for autocrossing, and such? I don't see any benefit to it for street use and the drag strip. Only reason I say this is that you only gain 1/10th of a second for every 100lbs removed
So by running our cars empty at the strip we are only saving less than 1/10th a second by that logic.
06-09-06, 07:22 PM
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[QUOTE=adrock3217]Thats so not true...
Drag racing rule-of-thumb for a long time. Not completely correct though. But saying you could pick-up .5 sec. by removing 500 lbs. is not unreasonable.
Drag racing rule-of-thumb for a long time. Not completely correct though. But saying you could pick-up .5 sec. by removing 500 lbs. is not unreasonable.
06-09-06, 08:20 PM
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you can't say you'll pickup .1 of a second by losing 100lbs. The heavier a car is the smaller the effect losing 100lbs will have on it's power to weight ratio. The effect of losing wieght to 1/4mile times is not going to be a linear relationship.
06-09-06, 11:25 PM
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Originally Posted by gscully
you can't say you'll pickup .1 of a second by losing 100lbs. The heavier a car is the smaller the effect losing 100lbs will have on it's power to weight ratio. The effect of losing wieght to 1/4mile times is not going to be a linear relationship.
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