A body race weight

After scaling the car, i,m a little surprised by the total weight and the front-to-rear %. Its 3172 total with me in it and 55 front and 45 rear. Car is a 68 Dart all fiberglass front end with stock 74 k member and disk brakes. For a race car its alittle porky. What kind of numbers do you guys have with your race setups?

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That's not bad weight.I wish mine weighed in that light.I'm at 3560# with a big block in a Demon,and glass hood.Rest of car is OEM steel.

im 3470 bb 727 dana glass hood full interier

My duster is 160 lbs nose heavy. 3160 w me in it stock hood and stock seats small block stocker. On the other hand our Coronet Wagon is 400 lbs rear heavy. That car will work anywhere.

Herb jr

My 68 Notchback is 2800 lbs with me(205) and 100 lbs ballast in the trunk. Soon will do some lightening and get rid of the stock front suspension, struts it will be!!!

Getting the car lighter starts to cost a lot of money. What gets the most bang for the buck when trying to lighten the front?

my duster is 2963 with me{216} in it 1507 on the front 1456 rear full glass front end,deck lid and bumpers

My '73 duster with a small block weighs 3125 with a full exhaust and complete interior.

Raul

3250 with driver (170), all steel body, 6 pt cage, frame connectors, full interior minus the heater, disc brakes.

Well my 70 Duster was 2950 with no ballast I raced it at 3050. 480" RB iron heads 727TF and Dana, Back half, all steel, lexan windows, glass hood and bumpers, gutted doors and trunklid, Aerospace brakes, 8.50 cage. With the 100lbs in the trunk it was 53/47

My Valiant weighed 3470 with a 511" low deck with B1 heads a glide and dana. Car had glass hood and bumpers rest was all steel. Working glass windows, full interior, including back seat, mini tubbed with ladder bars coil overs font and back with Aerospace brakes. Weight bias was 52/48, then engine was moved as far back as possible without modifying the firewall.

My 68 Barracuda dont really count. But FWIW here is the run down. All aluminum B1 low deck, powerglide and dana. Full 2x3 square frame with a 7.50 25.4, mild steel cage. Front struts rear 4 link. Aluminum interior and Pro Glass lexan windows. Glass front end rest of car is steel including working trunklid. Car weighs 2840+- right now with a 47/53 bias.

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Getting the car lighter starts to cost a lot of money. What gets the most bang for the buck when trying to lighten the front?

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Trimming the K member a bunch and brakes are the two easiest ways to drop some weight off the nose. Aluminum brake strut rods will drop a little weight as well, but the K and brakes are huge gains.