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> How much does your....914 wiegh?, Joe started it!
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post Dec 22 2004, 03:37 PM
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Ok, Joe posted what his 914 wieghed which really interests me now that I see his under the 2000lb mark. My 914-6 wieghs in at 2275 with 1/2 gas, glass bumpers, full int, 16x7&8 fuchs, heat, spare tire, tools in trunk, roller blades in rear trunk etc. Certainly not a stripped down car, nice driver.

So what do other scale in at? I wanna know! (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif)
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post Dec 22 2004, 03:40 PM
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post Dec 22 2004, 03:44 PM
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QUOTE (URY914 @ Dec 22 2004, 01:40 PM)
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(IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/laugh.gif) Paul, I figured you would jump on this one! (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/laugh.gif)
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post Dec 22 2004, 04:02 PM
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This is my weight with me in the car, helmet, fuel, etc...

So I should be around 1900 dry. Since then I removed some stuff like the headlight motors and buckets but I added coolers, lots of ss oil/fuel lines, etc.

Car has full 8 pt cage, full metal bodywork and bumpers, all lexan windows, etc...


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post Dec 22 2004, 04:06 PM
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I like the pic, that is cool. Yeah, here is something I have wanted to try: Pull the headlight motors, use the struts like the GT's do, but with the cable, I was thinking about having something rigged up so you could push it, release the lights(up), pull it, moving the lights back down. Simple and save lots of wieght I would think. Plus driver friendly. I have some plans already, just have to try it out. (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/sawzall-smiley.gif)
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post Dec 22 2004, 05:26 PM
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QUOTE (synthesisdv @ Dec 22 2004, 02:02 PM)
This is my weight with me in the car, helmet, fuel, etc...

So I should be around 1900 dry. Since then I removed some stuff like the headlight motors and buckets but I added coolers, lots of ss oil/fuel lines, etc.

Car has full 8 pt cage, full metal bodywork and bumpers, all lexan windows, etc...

Is that an X-ray of your car? Cool!

I don't know if mine would show up in an x-ray. (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif)

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post Dec 22 2004, 07:00 PM
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Well... (thinks for a second)

More than yours (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/cool.gif)
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post Dec 22 2004, 07:19 PM
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Mine is about 2250 with my fat ass, half tank of fuel. interior is gone, full cage, 3.2....
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post Dec 22 2004, 07:24 PM
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Mine's juuuuuuusssst over 3000lbs (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/rolleyes.gif)
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post Dec 22 2004, 07:41 PM
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hmm at the local recycling center (Alhambra, Ca) there's an actual scale built into the ground to weigh a car before/after recyclable materials are removed....i should give it a try....before/after my scrawny (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/bootyshake.gif) is out of the car (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif)
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post Dec 22 2004, 07:45 PM
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I measured 2087 with about 1/4 tank and no spare. Also
I have no more tar. But done using digital bathroom scales
and levers, so any error will be multiplied. Anyway, I wasn't
concerned with the absolute numbers, just correct corner
weights. (corner weighted with my weight in driver's seat,
but I subtracted to get the 2087).
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post Dec 22 2004, 09:19 PM
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- 3/4 tank of fuel
- 14 qts of oil with front cooler
- 2.7 with 40IDA3C Webers
- Roll bar
- 225/50/16 245/45/16 on 8"/9" BBS RA wheels

Still has:
- glass windows
- all interior tar mats

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post Dec 22 2004, 09:32 PM
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I had planned on wieghing in now and after the SIX shows up.

I'll drive over to the scales and find out Friday.

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post Dec 22 2004, 10:22 PM
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2345 with spair, no jack/tools, full interior, all glass, 3/4 tank fuel, and 165# of me in the drivers seat. Also has the Brad Mayeur long repair kit, the extra heavy duty set, which I bet adds at least 50-75 to the total. Corner balanced to 49.7/50.3, but it took the spair and gas to get to those #'s. Oh, its a 1973 (heavy doors) 2.0.

How much weight would you loose by:
light weight battery?
headers+ supertrapp vs heat exchangers and bursch?
light weight gear drive starter?
no interior tar, no undercoating?
13 x 9 rims w/hoosiers?
early doors?
early interior?

(I think thats about all the DSP mods that could be made)

How would you best remove the tar/undercoating, short of "the dip" ?

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post Dec 23 2004, 12:16 AM
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2189 lbs w/o driver

Pluses:

+ 3.6, 915, front mounted oil cooler

+ brad meyeur long kit + misc additional chassis bracing

+ steel GT flares, 16x8&9s

+ early steel chrome bumpers

+ passenger side mirror (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/smile.gif)

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- early 73 doors (no reinforcement [lighter], but late window mechanism)

- full, but minimal, lightweight leather interior (no tar or sound dampening of any kind)

- carbon fiber front and rear lids

Striping down the interior and going with lightweight lids can save a lot of weight...

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post Dec 23 2004, 01:33 AM
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About 980 kg without driver. Thats about 2160 pounds. Full interior, 3.0 six, 901 and FG bumppers.
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post Dec 23 2004, 07:38 AM
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Pretty interesting reading about the combinations of parts we have on our cars.

I like the easy cheap stuff, Floor tar (Gone), under coating (which still have) Dumping the stock heat exhangers, Thought about the super trapps (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/idea.gif)
Engine sound pad gone and very heavy.
fiberglass bumpers getting weight off the ends is always good.
12 lb battery
Hmm Honey I need one of them lite weight starters (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif)
How much can you get off the trailing arms?
Been kicking around the idea of Lexan rear window.
AND I really want fiberglass trunk lids.
Deleting the head light motors would really help they are heavy. Pull cable and just spring up? I wouldn't mind stopping to put back down. Come on just design it I'll do it. (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/mueba.gif)
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post Dec 23 2004, 08:21 AM
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Mine is 2200lbs with 1/2 tank of gas. 1971 chasis, 3.2, brad m longituds, steel flares, no spare, fuchs, full interior.


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post Dec 23 2004, 09:21 AM
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As per the scale at a nearby scrapyard, a couple of years ago: 2,150 lbs. With the 2.2 /6 engine, no driver, I believe the spare was in.

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post Dec 23 2004, 09:33 AM
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(IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/agree.gif) Yeah, this rocks. I like reading about what other people have and have done to thier 914's to loose or gain wieght. I know my next projects will include stiffinging(adding wieght) and glass lids (taking some back off). Also maybe even moving to early doors? (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/idea.gif) I dunno, maybe I should just have Paul come visit for a few hours. (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/sawzall-smiley.gif) (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/ohmy.gif) (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/sawzall-smiley.gif) (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/sawzall-smiley.gif) (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/sawzall-smiley.gif) (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/sawzall-smiley.gif) (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/sawzall-smiley.gif) (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/sawzall-smiley.gif) (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/sawzall-smiley.gif) (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/sawzall-smiley.gif) (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/sawzall-smiley.gif) (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/sawzall-smiley.gif) (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/ohmy.gif)
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