Originally Posted by GTX MATT
Originally Posted by dvw
Originally Posted by GTX MATT
GM A Bodies are about 3-400 lbs lighter than you probably think if your comping them to a Mopar B body.


No way GM A body with the same equipment 300-400lbs lighter. Heck I race with guys with Nova's and early Camaro's that are heavier than the average B body. I'm not talking guessed weight. I've weighed quite a few cars on real scales.

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Trying to get my 65 road legal with the big block/alum heads it has and need documentation of how much it weighed when new.
Got it weighed in today, at 3570. Removed the stereo and junk in the trunk..
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Look at the weight of the Nova in the previous post.

Doug


So his big block GM A body weighs 3570 with a 700 lb big block. That sounds pretty good. An olds engine is probably about 100 lbs lighter.

Lots of Mopar B bodies are around 3800-4000 lbs. I realize some weigh less, but it seems pretty common for a GM A body to be in the 3700 range. But I guess you guys are right, thats not 3-400 either.

I’m putting my B body on the scales tomorrow. I’ll let you know what that one weighs.


Our '69 Roadrunner in full street trim/interior, 11" drum brake car + a 5 point cage, with torque thrust alloys driven on to a council weigh bridge weighed 3836lbs with driver, approx 160lbs....approx 12 gal fuel cell, caltracs/mono's, tied frame, 727/Dana 60, Mega Block 589 motor, ally heads/TTI's and just a fibre hood.

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