Glutamine83

i weighed my car last night at the local weigh scales.............1715 kgs..........or 3780 lbs..........ahhhhhhh!
no wonder i get such poor mileage........lol
has anyone else weighed their cars?

bloodvette80

glutamine, should have scraped the dead dogs and mud off the bottom of the car before weighing.

zwede

That's heavy! I weighed mine a few years back. Back then it was an all iron 454, PB, AC. With me in it (160 lbs) + 1/4 tank of gas it was 3520 lbs, or 1598 kg.

Since then I have installed aluminum heads (-66 lbs), ministarter (-10), aluminum waterpump (-7), aluminum intake, radiator and more that I can't remember now. Haven't weighed it, but hope to be in the high 3300's with me in it and right at 3200 without driver.

bloodvette80

if the driver stays in the car you might be able to remove the front passenger side tire and still drive fine and save a good 40 lbs. You may need to use a kickstand like a motorbike when you run into the **** store.

isosceles

don't feel bad: Road and Track tested a 79 L82. Curb weight was 3490. Add driver, gas and cargo and you'll have your weight.
An addtional 290 lbs isn't bad when our dorr stickers say the gross can go to 4122 :eek:


Of course I'll bet you have WAY LESS rubber on your tires than the new one R&T tested. I deduced that from the posts I've been reading from you and Blood80 :jester :rofl:


[Modified by isosceles, 11:04 AM 7/17/2003]

bloodvette80

:withstupid: :lurk:

71coupe

Hey Zwede - No fair, everyone knows 71's were the lightest C3's made :lol:

:cheers:

Glutamine83

somehow, i take comfort from the fact that I have the heaviest, slowest Corvette of all time........... :cool:

i need like 700hp to push this beast

BSeery

Sorry, that title was taken by the former member Golden80. He had the 305 California car and ran a 19+ second pass on the 1/4 mile. His signature used to say things like kids on bicycles were passing him.

I am curious what mine weighs now. The 1980 was supposed to be lighter than the previous years. I swapped out the crossmember for a '79 version and I know that was about 3 times the weight of the stock 1980 crossmember. Adding dual exhaust with cat's probably didn't help any either.
I have removed the spare tire and holder, but now have larger wheels and tires. I have aluminum heads, intake, and water pump, but I am a pretty big guy so that doesn't help any either.

Glutamine83

well, bloodvette weighed his vette, and it came in just under 3500 lbs (1980 vette, fairly stock)

i'm looking for ways to reduce weight on the 79, i'm sure the hood alone weighs 100 lbs

bloodvette80

3500 lbs of raw police chasing tire spinning my back hurts suspension Corvette power.

Stingray Mark

:withstupid:

SCVetteGuy

Whooooooooooooooo yeah. I'd like to know the weight of my '80, should be close to stock. And luckily, I weigh 145 lbs. so when I drive I won't be adding too much weight.

bloodvette80

:withstupid: +35lbs

76Frankenstein

Were you in the car? At least open the door and plant that lead foot on the ground...

bloodvette80

if he puts his left foot on the ground it won't help at all, he never uses his brake and therefore his left foot is teeny weeny. His right foot on the other hand is half his body weight. You should see the guy kick a soccer ball.

76Frankenstein

so... to improve your soccer skills, the preferred training method is just more vette time...wow, soccer is going to be way more popular now!

Clink69

3160 without me.. :D and only 3325 with me , more :D

isosceles

Nah, I've had mine off, it must weigh about 40 tops. At least you don't have the boat-anchor L48 like me:eek:

Next time, drop off that keg of Labatts before you take it to the scale :jester


[Modified by isosceles, 11:02 PM 7/17/2003]

Desertdawg

Ok! So if I weigh mine now at 115 degrees outside air temp. will it weigh more or less, instead of waiting for the winter and weighing it at say around 40 degrees?????

Might as well take every advantage I can get.