What makes the FC so heavy?

 

You mean light?

 

Since when is the FC heavy? It could be lighter, but it's certainly not heavy (S5 vert notwithstanding).

 

well, i think they are a little on the heavy side for such a small car. with such a light engine, and small frame, i would think theyd be les than 3k lbs.

 

well the older ones were under 3,000 lbs but once people want more power and more luxury thats when the wieght comes on, but if my car gains an extra 300lbs because of a turbo and power windows and power everything im not gonna complain too much

 

from what i understand there light if you getting the waite off the inside of the door that from my understanding is the car + 2 180 lb people + a full tank of gass

 

they weigh what they do cus they have a reasonably stiff frame, not some 1800 lb limp honda noodle.

as far as i know, fc's (at least n/a's and s4 turbos) are among the lightest 2-seat sports coupes of their erra. lighter than porche 944, corvette, supra etc. they weigh about as much as an s2000 and have a trunk you can actualy get crap in.....

if thats not light enough, a tii can be stripped down to about 2500 lb and still be reasonably comfortable/streetable and an n/a can drop about 150 lb more.

so what are you complaining about?

 

mine weighs about 2200 lbs, says on my title and i had to have it inspected by highway patrol. they inspected vin number and stuff before i could have it registered

 

This guy couldnt be serious, my base modle is stamped 1980 lbs on the door, and ive removed PS, AC, AND SPARE TIRE, HEAVY?!?!?!?!?

 

You got a broken sticker then.

 

2200 lbs is BS, 1980 is even more BS
my gsl-se with minor weight reduction scaled 2380

 

Other than the 'verts, no RX-7 has weighed more than 3000lb.

Good luck getting anybody to believe you guys...

 

i think its funny

the BASE model FC is still heavier than the FULLY loaded gsl-se first gen...

 

Yeah, well my Insight weighs 1880 LBs fully loaded, so there.

 

I'm pretty sure its only within 50lbs but I could be wrong.

 

could 1980 be kilometers? are those heavier than pounds? egghh just an guess i really have no idea.

 

well the -se STOCK weights 2590 and iirc the base s4 fc weighs 2670 or something like that

but still, fully load the FC and see what it weighs, full loaded i mean power steering, power windows, air conditioning, rear wiper, etc.. all things that come standard on the gsl-se

 

My 88 TII with an LS1 is only 2915.

Andrew

 

A kilometer is a measure of distance, like the mile. I think you mean kilogram.

And no it won't be 1980kg, that's ~4350lb.

 

actually that may be what he saw on the sticker under the G.V.W. or something like that...

 

oops yeah i definitely meant kilograms and yeah i really had no idea.