Car show data sheet

[Rob Baker]

Thought some may find this worth using.

 

FIBERFAB CLASSIC TD

Replica of a 1952 MGTD

Vehicle Identification No. FM2242

FIBERFAB International Minneapolis, MN

Invoice dated 3/31/1987

 

FIBERFAB TD Pinto Deluxe Kit  $6,495

Options                                                               $1,405

Total cost from FIBERFAB                         $7,900

 

Drive train from a donor 1974 Mustang II OHC 2.3 liter, 4 cylinder with C4 automatic trans

Horsepower 88 estimated

Total weight 2240, (front 1080, rear 1160 (with driver))

Owners

Wayne Gambin Ledyard, CT purchased Kit                                   March 31, 1987

Second owner Roger Pile Jr. Old Lyme, CT purchased              March 20, 2008

Third owner Rob Baker, Hamilton, Ma purchased                      December 5, 2008

 

Titled

Titled in Mass on April 10, 2009 by present owner Rob Baker

             VIN  MA33244

Re-Titled in NH as a ?2009? Replica (1952) MG May 26, 2009

 

Home

Moultonboro, New Hampshire

[newkitman]

Rob,

Any idea how we work up our weights? Do we use the known chassis front and rear end and fudge in the fiberglass weights? What do our TDs weight anyway?

Allen Caron
VW based 53MGTD - "MoneyPenny"
"If one thing matters, everything matters" - from the book The Shack

[Paul Mossberg]

Somewhere around 1,500 pounds is a good place to start

Paul Mossberg
Former Owner of a 1981 Classic Roadsters Ltd. Duchess (VW)
2005 Intermeccanica Roadster

If you own a TDr and are not in the Registry, please go to https://tdreplica.com/forums/topic/mg-td-replica-registry/ and register (you need to copy and paste the link)

[newkitman]

1500 to start with. Suprised as I thought our cars were slightly over 1000. Bud 1500 it is. I can always take it to the nearby truck scales and get a curb weight. Thanks Paul.

Allen Caron
VW based 53MGTD - "MoneyPenny"
"If one thing matters, everything matters" - from the book The Shack

[Rob Baker]

Allen,

I took my car and had it weighted at the local town dump with has a pretty accurate truck scale for weighting trash, they didn’t charge me.  I weighted the car with the front tires on the scale then just the rear tires and then the total car.  Race cars get corner weights with four scales one on each tire so they can be properly tuned.  Probably not necessary for our TD replicas.  It’s all good data as I plan to add coil over shocks and to get the spring weight right it’s good to know the weight of the vehicle.

[newkitman]

Thanks for the info Rob. I make regular trips to the county dump. I’ll have to see what they’ll do for me and pick a day that they aren’t to busy.

Allen Caron
VW based 53MGTD - "MoneyPenny"
"If one thing matters, everything matters" - from the book The Shack

[Rob Baker]

I would be interesting to see how the Fiberfab VW model compares with the Ford Front engine model for weights.

[Tom Colello]

It would be nice to get weights on all the various manufacturers TD’s

[Paul Mossberg]

With or without their drivers? 

Vehicle weight is already a suggested entry on the Manufacturer Comparison thread.

https://tdreplica.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=1554& KW=manufacturer+comparison

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Paul Mossberg
Former Owner of a 1981 Classic Roadsters Ltd. Duchess (VW)
2005 Intermeccanica Roadster

If you own a TDr and are not in the Registry, please go to https://tdreplica.com/forums/topic/mg-td-replica-registry/ and register (you need to copy and paste the link)

[Rob Baker]

My weights were with driver however your results may differ.  I’m a stealth 200 lb.

[Tom Colello]

Manufacturers Data Sheet shows the Allison weight with the VW drive train and a full tank of gas (14 gal) is 1718# with a weight ration of 68% rear and 32% front.

The Nissan power plant brings it up to 2478# with a full tank of gas 14 gal. They don’t specify the front to rear weight ratio on the front engine Nissan power plant.

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