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Posted by: trekkor Aug 5 2005, 06:45 PM

I weigh 205.

So I went to the truck scale at the dump today and got weighed on two seperate scales and I now know what my car weighs with me and 3/4 tank of fuel.
Scale is accurate within 20 pounds.

Guess the weight.
All steel car, no weight reduction efforts aside from sound deadening mats on both side of firewall.

Winner gets a handful of old tile spacers.

KT

You'll be surprised. I was.

Posted by: Travis Neff Aug 5 2005, 06:47 PM

With you and the car? 2350?

Posted by: trekkor Aug 5 2005, 06:51 PM

QUOTE
2350?

great guess!

Just a little higher

KT

Posted by: redshift Aug 5 2005, 06:55 PM

110,348 fl ounces?

M

Posted by: Travis Neff Aug 5 2005, 06:58 PM

2400, I still have that 20 pound window if'n I am close

Posted by: brant Aug 5 2005, 07:06 PM

ok...
I'm dying here...

2413?

brant

Posted by: Elliot Cannon Aug 5 2005, 07:10 PM

Are they 1/8 or 1/4 tile spacers?
Elliot

Posted by: trekkor Aug 5 2005, 07:10 PM

2380!

Sooooo, empty and with just a few gallons of gas like when I'm racing it weighs just 2090#'s.

I seemed to remember the number 2200# being the curb weight of a stock FOUR car.

Why is my car light, and with thye SIX?

I'll take it, of course.

KT

Posted by: Travis Neff Aug 5 2005, 07:13 PM

WooHoo!

Maybe they are trying to shortchange you on your trash at the dump!

Really, that is pretty light, you have a good 20lbs in reinforcements and what 100 extra pounds for the 6?

Posted by: brant Aug 5 2005, 07:18 PM

This is great news...

Scales are finicky to say the least. I've had the same scale weigh different one day to the next.

especially truck scales because they are calibrated to work best within a certain zone. a scale that is dead accurate at 10,000 lbs is usually outside of its zone at 2000 lbs.

still this is VERY good news trekkor.

I think PCA recognizes the stock 4 car at 2139
alot of the early cars are lighter and the later cars might be over
I know when we ran PCA stock class (full interior), our 1974/4 race car was 2141, but that was with the full roll cage, a front cooler, and a 45lb lead weight bolted into the passenger side footwell.

so I would think a lot of 4's weigh under 2139

still you've got that aluminum block in there, which I believes sums in around 150lbs.

so your golden!

brant

Posted by: trekkor Aug 5 2005, 07:27 PM

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Are they 1/8 or 1/4 tile spacers?

1/8"

I need to visit a chassis dyno next.

The deal with the truck scales here is they weigh you full, you dump, they weigh you empty. You pay by the pound.
Everything from full size garbage trucks to lil' chevy luvs.

The fact that I weighed *exactly* the same on the way in and out makes me happy.

KT

Posted by: mskala Aug 5 2005, 08:16 PM

The originally published number for the 914-6 was 2070 lbs.
Don't know if that's with half tank or what.

914-4 of 1970 was 1980 lbs, which makes sense because the
cars are basically the same except for the engine, which was
quoted ~390 for the 2.0-6 and ~280 for the 1.7-4.

Anyway, I believe your weight is probably about right.

Posted by: Headrage Aug 5 2005, 08:19 PM

QUOTE (Travis Neff @ Aug 5 2005, 06:13 PM)
Maybe they are trying to shortchange you on your trash at the dump!

You carry trash to the dump in your car?

Posted by: trekkor Aug 5 2005, 09:38 PM

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You carry trash to the dump in your car?

Doesn't everyone?

KT