weighed the FD tonight.
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weighed the FD tonight.
i have a 93 base model. leather interior and no sunroof. A/C, power steering, and i had about 1/8th tank of gasoline.
i have intake and full exhaust (with hiflow cat) and all i've removed is the jack and spare tire.
it was 2660lbs
i have intake and full exhaust (with hiflow cat) and all i've removed is the jack and spare tire.
it was 2660lbs
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That's lower than I would have expected too. Put your spare and jack on the bathroom scale, then add that to the 2660 and I bet you still come up below the published weight. So what's missing, I have to ask?
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The spare and the jack are worth maybe 20-25 lbs.
The exhaust, sepending on relacement parts, might have saved you 30-40 lbs.
So, you'd be looking at a low 2700 lb. number for a stock car with very little gas in it. Scale is probably within 50-75 lbs of accurate. Weren't the bases 2750?
The exhaust, sepending on relacement parts, might have saved you 30-40 lbs.
So, you'd be looking at a low 2700 lb. number for a stock car with very little gas in it. Scale is probably within 50-75 lbs of accurate. Weren't the bases 2750?
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Stock weight of an r1 is 2780
His car without the extra cooler and strut bar less 15
Full exhaust less 50
Spare and jack parts less 20
17 gallons of fuel x 5lbs 85
So basically there's nothing wrong with the scale.
These cars are just light which is why we love em
I always track base or r1 cars and with a roll bar, big brakes, big wheels, big sways, big IC, single turbo, full exhaust, coilovers, rear area stripped bare, no radio, PS or AC they usually weigh between 2600 and 2650. Pull the carpet, passenger seat, the airbag sensors, misc front interior bits and unused electrical stuff etc.... you could easily loose another 50 to 100
All weights are best guesses I'm just trying to point out his scales are fine.
His car without the extra cooler and strut bar less 15
Full exhaust less 50
Spare and jack parts less 20
17 gallons of fuel x 5lbs 85
So basically there's nothing wrong with the scale.
These cars are just light which is why we love em
I always track base or r1 cars and with a roll bar, big brakes, big wheels, big sways, big IC, single turbo, full exhaust, coilovers, rear area stripped bare, no radio, PS or AC they usually weigh between 2600 and 2650. Pull the carpet, passenger seat, the airbag sensors, misc front interior bits and unused electrical stuff etc.... you could easily loose another 50 to 100
All weights are best guesses I'm just trying to point out his scales are fine.
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According to the Mazda sales brochure for the U.S. models, the curb weight for a base model with a manual trans. is 2,789 lbs. The R1 with a second oil cooler and the front strut tower brace weighed a little more.
Mazda lists "curb weight." That includes all fluids in the car. How much gas is in it, I don't know, but half a tank is probably a good guess.
The 94 and 95 manual trans cars are listed with a curb weight of 2,826 lbs.
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Autoweek did an extensive test of an R1 and put the weight at 2,815 lbs. Most other magazine sources of the time listed the weight of the '93 R model at 2,800 pounds.
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If the base model weighs 2789 and all he took out was the jack and the spare I still say it doesn't add up. The jack and the spare tire don't weigh 120 pounds.
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does anyone in here besides fritz know what curb weight actually means? FULL OF LIQUIDS. ie, coolant, oil, 20 gallons of fuel (yea FD's have 20 gallon tanks)
so lets add this up. lets say i had 5 gallons of gasoline.
20gal - 15gal = 15x6.25 = 93
2789 - 93 = 2696
- ~30lbs for the spare and jack = 2666
that's pretty damn close to 2660.
this also is not taking into account the full exhaust system.