I have a owners manual for my 92 FD (series 6) and it states that the car weighs 668 pounds (1473kg). I find this hard to believe as my last car was 1510kg and was a HELL of a lot harder to push oround then the RX7.

Have any of you weighed your street trim RX7?

 

1473 kg is 3240 lbs.

 

"The FD weights are as follows:

Code:
Base, 5-speed 2,789 lb
Base, Auto 2,857 lb
R1/R2, 5-speed 2,800 lb
Touring/PEP, 5-speed 2,862 lb
Touring/PEP, Auto 2,923 lb"

this was copied strait from dave's post in the FAQ

i have a 94 touring 2,862lb

-no bose(-40lbs) 2,822lb
-no rear wiper assembly(-4lbs) 2818lb
-lightened flywheel(-12lbs) 2806lb
-midpipe(-32lbs) 2774lb
-downpipe(-20lbs) 2754lb
-catback(-10lbs) 2744lb
-no cruise(-6lbs) 2738lb
-no spare tire assembly(-20lbs) 2718lb
_________________________________
2718lbs

^i know i have done more to lighten my fd, but i cant think of anymore at the moment^

 

mine weighs 2696 with spare tire

 

FYI, the 1473kg/3240lb weight is the Gross weight, meaning the weight of the car with a driver and a full load of cargo(it's the maximum ammount of weight the chasis can tow)

 

i very much doubt it

 

2450 with V8 swap

 

poor FAQ-- PEP don't weigh the same as touring.. PEP has no bose system nor rear wiper

 

I have a 93 base that I am hoping weighs less than 2700lbs. I have removed a ton of parts but the roll bar and full 4" exhaust aren't light. If I make 400whp and weigh 2700lbs then it will have almost the same power/weight ratio as my 350Z had at 3165lbs and 465whp. We'll see in a few weeks I guess.

 

My, at the time, stock base FD weighed 2770lbs. This was using actual car scales, not a truck stop scale. What is everyone using for scales?

 

Code:
Base, 5-speed 2,789 lb
Base, Auto 2,857 lb
R1/R2, 5-speed 2,800 lb
Touring/PEP, 5-speed 2,862 lb
Touring/PEP, Auto 2,923 lb"

according to this my car weights 3070 pounds with me!

that is seems to be allot of weight. what is 1/4 mile for a stock one like this?

 

I don't think many people with autos drag race their cars, but if I had to guess I'd say your car probably runs mid-high 14s

 

Before or after the all you can eat buffet?

 

wow that's not cool at all if you say mid-high 14's. i was thinking of doing auto to manual swap. I want it to be low-mid 13. Upgrading exhaust and intake will drop by much?

 

5 speed swap with just full exhaust will get you in the high 12s low 13s if you can drive at all. With an auto, well, some members get upset when I speak the truth about them. Just do the 5 speed swap and never look back.

Just look at Jacob Cartmills thread about weighing his fd. His car has pretty basic upgrades and it weighed around 2650. My car better weigh less than 2500 and it will have all the factory exterior pieces. No carbon fiber stuff for me.

 

2880 with a full tank of fuel.

 

2668 with a half tank of gas. 2918 with my *** in the car

Dan

 

Damn. lol

 

Hey man i fully agree with you. I don't know what dome *** Japanese's engineer came out with an idea of installing automatic transmission in sports car like RX-7.
Cars like this should only have stick-shift, no excuse.

But what the hell My rx7 only got 40k miles and it's silver/red touring so for I got $8k into the car. And as far as for the auto to manual swap I got manual FD in my garage for parts. So really no money involved in doing a swap. Labor is free because i'm doing a job.

 

i dont see why its an r1. this was with over a quarter tank of fuel also and my sub amp in the truck. only weight reduction is the full exhaust, cat back is titanium, single turbo kit is slightly ligher also.

 

See sig for weight, got the weight from a truck scale.

 

Here is mine:
https://www.rx7club.com/showpost.php...&postcount=100

Bunch of others including an LS1 FD listed here:
https://www.rx7club.com/showthread.p...=corner+weight

 

dont forget if your fat try and loose weight instead of taking out all the parts in the car to make up for it!

 

how is your single turbo kit lighter than the stock twins? your running a massive turbo. that has to outweight the twins by a good bit.

your prob also running a much larger intercooler and radiator setup with your turbo. i just dont see how you came up with the figure you did, sorry.

 

Single turbos are lighter, because they don't have the massive iron log manifolds... Gene Felber recorded saving 35 lbs going from twins to a 35R.

Stock IC/rad is typically lighter than aftermarket, but since we're talking about AL parts, it's still not much overall once you account for all the stock brackets and crap.

If you're starting with a base or R car, the exhaust system alone has the 50-70 lb. potential.