I've had this car for 16 years and never scaled it - except for once three years ago with a different engine on a city weigh scale.
Today I was curious so I called someone over with scales and we four wheel scaled the car.
With driver (204lbs) it weighed 3932# with a full tank of fuel! Oh my god, that's after taking out one bucket (temporarily) and replacing it with an alum kirkey pro street seat, taking the trunk off (temporarily also) and putting a lightweight VFN deck on it. No inner fenders, no jesel rocker arms (add about 30lbs I'm guessing), but otherwise race weight.
Two optima batteries, 20gal alum cell, 2 15lb nitrous bottles, full interior, mild steel cage, and fab9 housing and a big duke 632 make for a very heavy car!
What a ridiculously heavy boat! There is no point trying to lighten this car up because it is what it is.
It would be more wise for me to get a little chevy II for racing and leave this a street car. Imagine what 151mph at 5000 feet and 3932lbs would do in 3000#! Well it would go 165mph at this altitude and much faster at sea level!
Today I was curious so I called someone over with scales and we four wheel scaled the car.
With driver (204lbs) it weighed 3932# with a full tank of fuel! Oh my god, that's after taking out one bucket (temporarily) and replacing it with an alum kirkey pro street seat, taking the trunk off (temporarily also) and putting a lightweight VFN deck on it. No inner fenders, no jesel rocker arms (add about 30lbs I'm guessing), but otherwise race weight.
Two optima batteries, 20gal alum cell, 2 15lb nitrous bottles, full interior, mild steel cage, and fab9 housing and a big duke 632 make for a very heavy car!
What a ridiculously heavy boat! There is no point trying to lighten this car up because it is what it is.
It would be more wise for me to get a little chevy II for racing and leave this a street car. Imagine what 151mph at 5000 feet and 3932lbs would do in 3000#! Well it would go 165mph at this altitude and much faster at sea level!
