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Old Nov 5, 2005 | 04:55 PM
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Car: 1986 Olds Cutlass Supreme
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Guess My Weight

Who wants to take a shot? (Im just bored and curious)

88 Hardtop Camaro
350 with Aluminum heads, no A/C or Emissions assecories. Pretty much everything not needed for a carb setup has been taken out of the engine compartment. Auto tranny. 1/4 tank of gas and my skinny 130 pound ***!

Then possibly a fiberglass hood, and is gutting the doors worth anything realy?
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Old Nov 5, 2005 | 05:09 PM
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Car: 84 Z28
Engine: 357
Transmission: TH-350C
Axle/Gears: 3.43
3200
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Old Nov 5, 2005 | 06:38 PM
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Car: '89 IROC-Z
Engine: Canfield 195 headed 358ci
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Axle/Gears: 3.92 Dana 44
my guess would be 3400lb'ish (with you in it). Get a set of lightweight wheels with skinnies and a glass hood and you'd lose quite a bit...
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Old Nov 5, 2005 | 07:07 PM
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From: Miramichi, NB
Car: 86 Monte Carlo
Engine: Blown 489
Transmission: TH400
Axle/Gears: 9" 370s
my registration says it weighs 3124 pounds, aluminum pulleys, water pump, heads, intake.. i got fiberglass hood, i wonder how much this would drop the weight?

auto, carb, no smog accessories, only front seats on the car, 17" aluminum rims
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Old Nov 5, 2005 | 07:53 PM
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Car: '88 IROC-Z medium orange metallic
Engine: L98
Transmission: 700R4
Axle/Gears: 3.27
Re: Guess My Weight

Originally posted by Shake Zula
Who wants to take a shot? (Im just bored and curious)

88 Hardtop Camaro
350 with Aluminum heads, no A/C or Emissions assecories. Pretty much everything not needed for a carb setup has been taken out of the engine compartment. Auto tranny. 1/4 tank of gas and my skinny 130 pound ***!

Then possibly a fiberglass hood, and is gutting the doors worth anything realy?
Sounds like my setup, except I'm 125 lbs!! And 6ft. Got you beat

No a/c, heat, smog, complete engine harness is gone, heater and a/c ducting under the dash is gone, TPI setup is gone, just a carb, front swaybar gone, no rear seats, power steering pump gone, and 430hp, ought to run ok.
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Old Nov 6, 2005 | 07:58 AM
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Car: 1986 Olds Cutlass Supreme
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If I have enough money Ill also do skinnies and tubular K-member, cuz I wanna pull the front wheels
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Old Nov 6, 2005 | 09:18 AM
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Hell with that nonsense, get the thing to leave straight and get a good ET out of it. I've got draglites rears and skinnies, but I have to run a "street" tire on the front to run in my local bracket class, so I've got DR's on my GTA's.
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Old Nov 6, 2005 | 02:52 PM
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Re: Re: Guess My Weight

Originally posted by Dialed_In
Sounds like my setup, except I'm 125 lbs!! And 6ft. Got you beat
6' 125lbs? how do you lift the wrench to work on your car??
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Old Nov 7, 2005 | 11:13 AM
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Re: Re: Re: Guess My Weight

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6' 125lbs? how do you lift the wrench to work on your car??
probably needs a cheater bar at all times
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Old Nov 7, 2005 | 11:15 AM
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Your car weighs exactly what a scale says it weighs. Not one pound more, not one less.

Guessing is a waste of time and bandwidth. Go take it to a weigh station by the side of the freeway, or to the track, and find out the truth. Nothing else matters.
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Old Nov 7, 2005 | 11:41 AM
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Originally posted by sofakingdom
Your car weighs exactly what a scale says it weighs. Not one pound more, not one less.

Guessing is a waste of time and bandwidth. Go take it to a weigh station by the side of the freeway, or to the track, and find out the truth. Nothing else matters.
True that
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Old Nov 7, 2005 | 01:33 PM
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Re: Re: Re: Re: Guess My Weight

Originally posted by vic_V8
probably needs a cheater bar at all times
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Old Nov 7, 2005 | 06:39 PM
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Re: Re: Re: Re: Guess My Weight

Originally posted by vic_V8
probably needs a cheater bar at all times
You'd be surprised.
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