hey guys my title to my car says it weigh in at 3116 pounds...

it an 86 iroc-z with
lb9/auto tranny

power everything
over head console
t tops

does this sound right to you guys.... my buddies 91 z hard top with power everything titles say his way about 300 pounds more then my car.... could it be that my car was actualy made a little bit better/lighter then his and many other years...

 

There is only one way to find out. Find a scale and weigh it. Truck gas stations seem to be popular if there isn't a track around.

 

You can also weigh your car at the dump, agricultural/harvest places.... I don't know what you have there but i live in rural Idaho so....

FWIW my 82 weighs in a 3140lbs, so there is no way yours weighs that i'd say atleast +300. I have stripped rear interior, nothing but and engine(Al intake, waterpump), alternator, and ps pump, fiberglass hood, no wiring, no A/c, heat....

 

we have the information here to find out what your car weighs with options, if I had enough brains to figure it out I'd try to make a cool little calculator where you could figure out your weight.

But I don't.

Does somebody... (yes, somebody do it, it'd be cool and you'd get a lot of recognition for it and be cool on TGO)

 

my car is 3330 with a full tank of gas, full interior, stock steel hood, iron heads, everything

 

I just weighed my 89 IROC at work yesterday 3255.. Has everything except the smog stuff and a half tank of gas. It is a iron headed, hardtop with a T5.

Kat

 

T5's are lighter i think...i got a aluminem head 350, ttops, full tank of gas, steel hood, power everything...approx 3400lbs...yea she needs a diet

 

mine is 3445.

 

I posted what mine was....

910 Kgs in front
630 Rear...

I'll let you figure it out

 

2 many kegs for me to figure out...

 

910 Kilograms equals 2006.21 Pounds
630 Kilograms equals 1388.91 Pounds
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1540 Kilograms equals 3395.12 Pounds

 

Mine is 3400 on the dot. No AIR, iron heads, a/c, hardtop, 700r4, 1/2 tank of gas. Hmmm, i could use some weight reduction but i don't think i'm willing to lose a lot of comforts.
'87 IROC L98

 

[QUOTE]Originally posted by z28monster
[B]hey guys my title to my car says it weigh in at 3116 pounds...


Just a standard MFG weight for government offices to base tax & licence values. This is not the actual weight of your car with options.

 

mine will be in the 2900s with me in it, when its back together.

 

my car weighted 3400 but that was with 18's, air ride, and full show dressing.

 

my car weighs 3018 but it has lots of things removed. air, vents, front sway bar, sound deadner, rear seats, inner bumpers, inner fenders, wipers, pretty much anything not needed for a racecar. i still got iron heads and a steel hood though.

 

Dosen't anyone read the original Question???? He asked about the car weight on his Title and not what everyones car weighed. They all vary, due to options.

 

Sort of, he asked if his title weight was right, since we all can't weigh his car from here, we decided to list our weights and most of our sigs list our options, so they are good examples for comparison, which is about all we can do without actually weighing the car.

 

lol....

having a bad day?

 

Yes, reading the Dumb replies. Including yours.

 

thats whats wrong with this site. lots of ------- not nice people.

 

awesome...

 

kandied, i really like you man! you make me laugh...the last couple of posts that i have seen, your just funny!

anyhow, my car weighs 3205 with a half tank of gas. mods in sig. only thing i have done to make it lighter is taking out the a/c. it also has manual most everything (windows, doors, mirrors, ect. still has power steering.)

 

just remember that rotational weight is what really kills the speed. 100 lbs for .10 sec of total gvw. i'd like to figure out a calculation on rotational weight though as that's what really slows you down.

 

My Formula is 3340 with less than 1/2 of a tank and with GTA wheels.

Iron heads, AC, power everything.

Also no spoiler. I thought it was light until I read this thread.

 

my completly stock 86 TA power everything...my title say ...... 3700 lbs?!?

 

i believe that 1lb of rotational weight is equal to 8lb of gross weight.

 

so if that where the case then on average going from 16-18's would slow your car by .5 without blinking.

 

those 18's must be heavy.

 

Yeah does anybody know how much the stock C5 17 and 18" wheels weigh? How about the SS?

 

im a dummy. i asked my buddy that told me this, and its actually 3 lbs.... NOT 8lbs.

 

my car weighs at 3558 with me in the car and i weight about 285 and im 6'1'' so it should weigh about 3273 with out me and that was with about 3/4 take of gas.

 

Not sure about C5 wagon wheels.

OE ZR1s = 20.5lbs
OE SS 10-spokes = 22lbs
OE Z06 = 20lbs

All listed wheels 17x9.5. Add approximately 3lbs for 17x11. The only weight out of those three that is known for sure is the SS 10-spoke. I actually had a set and weighed them. The others are what are weights that are commonly referenced and believed to be true.

Replicas can vary depending on manufacturer so weigh them and find out.

 

Damn. Looking at all these weights makes me feel like mine's a pig. Mine's 3700 with me in it; I'm only 160. That's w/ spare, stock wheels, some misc tubular suspension pieces, steel hood, iron heads, etc.

 

It actually depends on the moment of inertia, or where the mass of the wheel is distributed. The farther out the mass is the greater effect it has in slowing the car's acceleration. Therefore the mass of the tire will have a greater effect than the mass of the wheel. Check out a pair of Mickey Thompson ET drags and you'll see the difference to a regular radial. Their launch traction isn't the only advantage!

BTW the 1 : 3lbs is probably a good estimate, but it will depend on the wheel.

 

dont forget drag brakes. lighter rotor, and billet hubs. MUCH less spinning mass.

i havent weighed JUST the brakes, but my aerospace brakes AND my spindle weigh less altogether than just all my stock brake hardware. :hail: