My car is a pig!
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01/24/19 01:40 AM
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mprhound
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I scaled my car today, was heavier than I thought! Challenger, It has a glass hood, glass front bumper aluminum brackets, no back seat. Does have a 10 point mild steel cage, Dana 60 and a Siamese mega block, full tank of gas. I was not in the car. But it was better front to back than I expected!
Last edited by mprhound; 01/24/19 01:43 AM.
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Re: My car is a pig!
[Re: mprhound]
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01/24/19 01:51 AM
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That is without you in it? My 71 Charger is 3860 without me. I only have a 6 point and full interior.
1971 Plum Crazy Super Bee. 572 World Aluminum block with a Cope 727 & Dana 4.10 out back. 9.88 @ 138 with a 1.35 60 NA. Dialed back to 10.0’s. 4000 lbs with me in it.
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Re: My car is a pig!
[Re: Wookie316]
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01/24/19 03:07 AM
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RapidRobert
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Any thoughts on what items are coming in heavier than than they should be?
live every 24 hour block of time like it's your last day on earth
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Re: My car is a pig!
[Re: mprhound]
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01/24/19 04:03 AM
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I have no idea where the manufacturers got heir weight from but they all seem very low compared to actual weights. I almost had a stroke when I weighed my gremlin and it is going to be over 3200# with glass and no interior....
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Re: My car is a pig!
[Re: mprhound]
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01/24/19 04:13 AM
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This happens quite regularly on built street/strip cars, they get heavy quick! Cage, safety equipment, heavy block, better cooling system, heavy duty trans with an added cooler, shield and gear vendors unit. Fuel system is heavier than stock, electrical system is heavier than stock, it all adds up!
"Livin' in a powder keg and givin' off sparks"
4 Street cars, 5 Race engines
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Re: My car is a pig!
[Re: mprhound]
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01/24/19 05:21 AM
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Thats not bad with a cage, dana and aftermarket bb. My brothers 72 Cuda with a bb is 3650 with him in it. I bet the dana, cage and bb added 250lbs to your build.
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Re: My car is a pig!
[Re: MoparBilly]
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01/24/19 11:32 AM
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This happens quite regularly on built street/strip cars, they get heavy quick! Cage, safety equipment, heavy block, better cooling system, heavy duty trans with an added cooler, shield and gear vendors unit. Fuel system is heavier than stock, electrical system is heavier than stock, it all adds up! I forgot about the gear vendor, and trans cooler, electric fans, big fuel pump etc. it all adds up. I will start looking for places to remove weight, just started reading the thread on here lots of good info there.
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Re: My car is a pig!
[Re: mprhound]
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01/24/19 06:06 PM
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My cuda was 3780 lbs w/ me (320 lbs) in it and NO fuel. Had just backed it off the chassis dyno and the fuel pump was sucking air. This was before I added all the nitrous crap onto it.
'70 cuda, all steel except for the fiberglass hood, 10 point MS cage, manual steering and brakes, no heater box, FULL factory interior (front buckets and back seat, all door panels, etc.), all aluminum hemi, 727, Dana 60, etc. FWIW...my all aluminum hemi weighed the same as the iron block/aluminum headed 440 it replaced.
CHIP '70 hemicuda, 575" Hemi, 727, Dana 60 '69 road runner, 440-6, 18 spline 4 speed, Dana 60 '71 Demon, 340, low gear 904, 8.75 '73 Chrysler New Yorker, 440, 727, 8.75 '90 Chevy 454SS Silverado, 476" BBC, TH400, 14 bolt '06 GMC 2500HD LBZ Duramax
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Re: My car is a pig!
[Re: merpar]
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01/24/19 08:41 PM
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I did mild steel chassis on a 70' challenger, rectangle frame rails, dana 60, iron low deck and 906 iron heads. Without me in it was 2450lbs. That car must of had a bunch of really thin sheet metal on it My current S/P (1970 Cuda) car is a all chrome moly tube chassis with coil over suspension front and rear, narrowed Dana 60 with 40 spline axles and spool with dual disc brake calipers on the rear with fibreglas doors, hood, rear deck lid and both bumpers with all Lexan windows except for the front windshield, it weighs right at 2490 Lbs. wet ready to race with out me in it using a 400 block with aluminum heads and no radiator
Mr.Cab Racing and winning with Mopars since 1964. (Old F--t, Huh)
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Re: My car is a pig!
[Re: BradH]
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01/25/19 01:41 PM
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3430# with me in it. All steel except the hood. Still has stock front and rear seat, carpet, door panels, dash, and headliner.
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Re: My car is a pig!
[Re: mprhound]
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01/25/19 02:11 PM
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My 68 Charger 3860 without me, 4050 with me.
1968 Charger COLD A/C Hilborn EFI 512ci 9.7 compression, Stealth heads, 4.10 gear A518 ODtrans 4100lb,10.93 full street car trim 2020 T/A 392 Stock 11.79 @ 114.5
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