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Old Jul 20, 2007 | 01:08 AM
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Car: 1994 Trans Am - 1992 Firebird
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Weight

1987 Firebird. Hartop, 2.8 V6 auto equipped from the factory, olds 307 swapped in w/ auto. No power options...infact no options at all really...

REMOVED:
AC
Heater boxes, along with entire air tubing/box system
ALL electrical harnesses, brackets and wires
Emissions
All foam/padding entire car
a few bumper inners
side moldings
spoiler
modified dash pad (no foam)
center console
carpet
carpet padding
all interior panels except dash cover, door panels
window wiper motor
power steering pump
various engine bay brackets
!cat
wheel wheel plastic covers
headliner

so yea, trying to get a rough estimate to how much my car weighs, I have no idea how to weight it...

How much did this car weigh from the factory stock? Cant seem to find it anywhere...
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Old Jul 20, 2007 | 04:15 PM
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Re: Weight

you can take it to a truck weigh station and they can weigh the car, look on the drivers door jam, the vin tag there has the cars original weight
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Old Jul 20, 2007 | 05:37 PM
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Car: 89' Pontiac Firebird
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Re: Weight

Or if your in a rural area you could take it to a grain scale at an elavator. Usually they will let you weight it there.
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Old Jul 20, 2007 | 08:59 PM
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Re: Weight

oh okay...so you just pull up to the weigh station like a big rig then? haha
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Old Jul 21, 2007 | 09:37 PM
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Re: Weight

You can also go to a scrap yard where they accept scrap iron. They use a scale at those places to weigh your truck/trailer before and after unloading to determine how much to pay you for the scrap iron. Maybe tip them a couple of bucks and just tell them you want to know how much your car weighs.
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