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If you want the exact weight of your car the local stone or sand company can weigh car. Feed store or any business selling bulk goods could also weigh car.
Scrap yards could also scale it.
Bill Ascheman
Fiberfab Ford
Modified 5.0, 5sp., 4:11
Autocross & Hillclimb
"Drive Happy"Anyone out there know how much a Ford based Fiberfab/CMC MG weighs? Even a Chevy based vehicle would be a good approximation? How about weight distribution? Is 55/45% a good guess?
I did exactly that too car to gravel pit.got it weighed this was for license plates nys my car weight is. 1840lbs
My Ford Fiberfab, fully fueled with spare, tool kit and my fat ass…2400#
Bill Ascheman
Fiberfab Ford
Modified 5.0, 5sp., 4:11
Autocross & Hillclimb
"Drive Happy"Wow, that’s a 560 pound window. Thanks guys. Reason I asked was to get an idea of what spring rate to shoot for.
Greg, Yours is Ford/Chevy/VW based? I always thought the VW based would be at least 200-300lbs less – anyone know?
Dick: Bill is a substantial person. I’d say his car without his fat ass in it will scale at about 2170,* wet & appointed.
His is a Ford 2.3 which weighs about 30 pounds less than a Chevette 1.6, according to this guy.
That means that, everything being equal (which it almost certainly isn’t**) your Chevette-based car should finish up in the 2140-pound neighborhood, which is roughly 100 pounds more than an original TD.
Bill has reported the front-rear weight distribution of his car is just about 50-50 with the spare attached, the tools and his butt in the driver’s seat.
*Bill: no offense. Just a guess, made respectfully and wholly in the interest of science and solving problems
**Other considerations
1. Chevette-based frames are often crude, heavy things; Ford-based, unknown.2. Bill has a 5-speed, which is likely 30-40 pounds heavier than a Chevette 4 speed.
3. Suspension matters. Wheels too: his are wide steelies, which weigh more than narrow steelies and more more than narrow aluminum or spoke wheels.
4. Chopper-gun fiberglass bodies can vary in thickness by like half an inch. One Speedster owner actually ground away layers of glass from the inside of his car’s shell to lighten it. Took many pounds off.
Verily, your mileage certainly will vary.
edsnova2012-12-05 17:21:14
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