How much do you think my car weighs?

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08-14-2008, 12:09 PM
mk2tmr2

How much do you think my car weighs?

I was going to piggyback on the thread asking about scales - but I don't want to hijack that thread with people posting guesstimates of my car's weight.

I just got Dynolicious for my iPhone and it wants me to input my car's weight. I've got a rough guess of my own, based on published curb weight and assumptions of how much mass some of my added parts contribute. But I have no idea how close I am.

So what's your guess? I will probably follow though with this thread by taking my car to the scales in a week or two. Closest guess to the actual weight gets...um...bragging rights.

Here are the mods that I think might be relevant to the weight discussion:

1999 LS
Hard Dog Sport roll bar - Double Diags & Harness Tabs
Factory hard top (soft top still installed)
Enkei RPF-1 wheels with Toyo TR-1 225/40-16 tires
Tein Basic coilovers
Racing Beat sways front and rear
Racing Beat cat-back exhaust
Powerframe and rear-diff reinforcements
lightened stock flywheel
MP62 s/c
TDR FMIC
Poorly tacked-on factory spoiler

http://www.steveandlee.com/galleries...bad4_small.jpg
08-14-2008, 12:28 PM
blackzx3_13

2450 uneducated guess
08-14-2008, 12:28 PM
Dave04

two-fiddy?
08-14-2008, 12:29 PM
trickyrix

2500
08-14-2008, 12:49 PM
mk2tmr2

2450 is about what I'm guesstimating, as well - without me in the car. Any other guesses?
08-14-2008, 12:51 PM
POS Racing

My '99 Sport hits the scales at 2,267 lbs. w/o driver.
08-14-2008, 12:51 PM
MadMerv

2452
08-14-2008, 12:58 PM
miataspeedracer

2525.
Please let us know if you find an accurate scale. I would like to get mine weighed as well...
08-14-2008, 01:17 PM
ken o

Come out to the SWDIV this weekend. I am working impound. We can put it on the scale and see total weight, L-R and F-R.

Also sell me your Miata.
08-14-2008, 01:26 PM
Titus

Quote:

Originally Posted by ken o

Also sell me your Miata.

There was a silver one with almost the same specs for sale here not too long ago. Not sure if it is still available.
08-14-2008, 01:47 PM
cone-cerned

My '94M was 2524 lbs on the SCCA scales at the Fort Worth National Tour. Corner weigths, 49.5%-50.5%.
08-14-2008, 04:09 PM
altiain

Quote:

Originally Posted by Titus

There was a silver one with almost the same specs for sale here not too long ago. Not sure if it is still available.

He shoots, he scores! :clap:
08-14-2008, 08:32 PM
ken o

Quote:

Originally Posted by Titus

There was a silver one with almost the same specs for sale here not too long ago. Not sure if it is still available.

Yawn.
08-14-2008, 08:33 PM
ken o

Quote:

Originally Posted by altiain

He shoots, he scores! :clap:

See above.
08-15-2008, 06:29 PM
SirHustlerEsq

City of Irving dump. I weighed at Hallett and got the same #. You can pull up on it and you'll see your weight before they can bitch at you...but they were cool to me about it.
08-15-2008, 06:41 PM
Radio-Active

I would bet, based on another Black roadster that it weighs in at 3572. ;)

But really, there is a public scale in Lewisville on main street near the old downtown area. Any grain elevator will probably give the weight for free.
08-18-2008, 10:00 AM
mk2tmr2

Thanks for the tips on scales. Still getting around to it. The wife is supposed to give birth this week so that'll probably put a damper on it for a little bit.

Or maybe it'll be an excuse to get out of the house for an hour :)
08-18-2008, 10:52 AM
jrj512

2,175 this weekend for my '93 with little gas, empty trunk, and no driver (with a lot of gas). Stock wheels, but 225 tires.
08-18-2008, 11:33 AM
cone-cerned

I don't know what went wrong on the last weigh in, but Saturday my car was 2274 lbs. Like jrj512 said, very little gas and no driver. But, I did have my helmet, camera and shoes in the car and 225/50 Kumho's on stock wheels.

I feel better about this weight being right. jrj512 and POS Racing's cars were on the scales with in minutes of my car. All three weights were close.
08-18-2008, 07:42 PM
johnwag

Quote:

Originally Posted by Radio-Active

I would bet, based on another Black roadster that it weighs in at 3572. ;)

But really, there is a public scale in Lewisville on main street near the old downtown area. Any grain elevator will probably give the weight for free.

LOL!

Where exactly? I need to weigh my lightened miata to get a baseline.
08-18-2008, 08:41 PM
Magma

Quote:

Originally Posted by johnwag

LOL!

Where exactly? I need to weigh my lightened miata to get a baseline.

Me too, I need to way the pig and see how fat Mazda made the MSM
08-19-2008, 03:27 AM
black roadster

Quote:

Originally Posted by Magma

Me too, I need to way the pig and see how fat Mazda made the MSM

Me three. I'd like to see if my car is as "heavy" as y'all tease me about. (I'll have to remember to fill the tires with helium first.) ;)
08-19-2008, 08:59 AM
trickyrix

OK... got the details on the Lewisville Feed Mill from Radio-Active, so I called them to see if they had a drive-on scale...

...aaaaaand they don't have it any more. :(

But I called a buddy over in Garland who races dirt track and he referred me to Chambers Brothers Construction over on N. Garland just off the PGBT. I called them and have a scale open to the public (not sure if they charge or not). I plan to check it out at lunch today. Will post with results.

4217 N Garland Ave
Garland, TX 75040
(972) 495-4515
08-19-2008, 09:00 AM
trickyrix

Maybe we should have an MME Saturday Weigh-Off... :rolleyes:
08-19-2008, 09:03 AM
Titus

Quote:

Originally Posted by trickyrix

Maybe we should have an MME Saturday Weigh-Off... :rolleyes:

A weight day would have to include a BR Weight pool! :D
08-19-2008, 09:52 AM
mk2tmr2

I'd be down with a Weight Watchers Weekend get together.
08-19-2008, 12:01 PM
trickyrix

Just got back from Chambers Brothers. Mine weighed in at 2420 lbs with an empty trunk and about 4.25 gal of gas.

...but that place charges $10 - ugh. Oh well.
08-19-2008, 01:02 PM
Radio-Active

Quote:

Originally Posted by trickyrix

OK... got the details on the Lewisville Feed Mill from Radio-Active, so I called them to see if they had a drive-on scale...

...aaaaaand they don't have it any more. :(

Sorry,

It's been about 3 or 4 years since I have driven past that place. I used to pass by it every week, but the company I picked up samples from had to have a NADCAP certified lab to do testing for them. My parents decided to opt out of the certification because they would have had to triple their rates in order to pay for the certification.

Funny thing about it was that all of the suppoesed NADCAP certified labs started calling my parents lad in order to find out how to do the testing. Needless to say, my father told them to research it themselves.
08-19-2008, 03:10 PM
johnwag

Quote:

Originally Posted by trickyrix

Maybe we should have an MME Saturday Weigh-Off... :rolleyes:

I'll be in W. TX.........:(

Quote:

Originally Posted by Titus

A weight day would have to include a BR Weight pool! :D

Alright people, place your bets!!! I'm willing to throw down some dollars to see who can most accurately guess the BR weight.

Quote:

Originally Posted by trickyrix

Just got back from Chambers Brothers. Mine weighed in at 2420 lbs with an empty trunk and about 4.25 gal of gas.

fail. You should have done it with a full tank.

Quote:

Originally Posted by black roadster

Me three. I'd like to see if my car is as "heavy" as y'all tease me about. (I'll have to remember to fill the tires with helium first.) ;)

Make sure you've put the butterfly brace and all of the other stuff on your car before you weigh it.
08-19-2008, 03:20 PM
trickyrix

Quote:

Originally Posted by johnwag

Alright people, place your bets!!! I'm willing to throw down some dollars to see who can most accurately guess the BR weight.

I'm in! (putting pen to paper as we speak...)

EDIT: I'm gonna guess 2615 lbs. ::Banana::

Quote:

Originally Posted by johnwag

fail. You should have done it with a full tank.

Meh... I filled up right after I weighed... 8.339 gal to the 2nd click. So add about 50 lbs for a Grand Total of 2470. See, the 2420, that was my race weight. :rolleyes:
08-19-2008, 04:33 PM
altiain

Man, that's pretty heavy for an NA. My '99 Sport weighed in around 2215, with a/c but with a manual steering rack.

Heck, my RX-8 only weighs about 2815! :mrgreen: