3rd Gen B Body race weight
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I've got my Charger race ready and got it weighed and I was curious where everyone else lands for weight? My car is all steel save for the hood and all real glass, low deck -1 head, single plane w/plate N2O, 727, ladder bar Dana 60 still stock frame rails, Willwoods on all 4 corners, tube k frame, stock dash, Kirkeys, 29/10.5 PBR Weld Aluma-stars. What's everyone's thought on weight ready to run without driver? I'll try and post a pic. And it posted up side down for some reason.
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Re: 3rd Gen B Body race weight
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The weight of the car without driver ended up being 3180 for anyone interested. So 3rd gen B bodies can be built to be fairly light if you put some work into it.
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Re: 3rd Gen B Body race weight
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while awesome, i find it hard to believe that you can get a b body down to 3108, unless its gutted, and you started drilling the sheetmetal for lightening holes lol Bring your scales and prove me wrong. Yes I have lightened the shell to get to that weight without turning it into the “gutted bracket car” look, while retaining a stock appearing interior. It has taken a lot of hard work to do and a lot of people can’t be bothered doing it.
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Re: 3rd Gen B Body race weight
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Try this. You were definitely getting after it on the weight reduction! Nice work! Cool hot rod…..I had a '71 with a 383 many years ago. Just for reference, depending on 6-banger to BBs, 727 or 4-Spd, they ranged from 3362#'s to 3730#'s base curb weight.
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Definitely surprising. Good job! Also, great to see the car done! Post up some pics, keep us in the know. Thank you. More inverted pics will be posted when I go back to the track.
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Re: 3rd Gen B Body race weight
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I'm surprised it's that light! That is one helluva good looking car too!!!
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Pretty impressive weight. My 64 has a mega block making it heavier. But other than that it has moly cage, moly tube steering shaft and strut rods. Carbon fiber bumper brackets and hood (no hinges). Drive shaft, radiator, 5 gal cell are aluminum. Lexan (except the windshield) and no regulators. Light front seats, no heater, wipers, or back seat. Willwood's, Dana, Ladder bar , 727. All the rest of the sheet metal, floor pan, and frame rails are stock. With no fuel or driver it is 3100. What else did you trim? Doug
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So what did you do to bring down the weight? Do you know what it weighed before going on Weight Watchers? I don't know what it weighed before I started on it, the car was a rolling shell when I got it. There is a lot of aluminum used in place of the factory steel, any necessary supporting bracket was made from aluminum. The tube K frame and Wilwoods save a lot. All hoses are light weight braded. 5 gallon fuel cell with 1 big pump for motor and spray. I made my whole wiring harness for the car, the only factory wiring is the tail light harness because its integral to the tail lights. The stock metal dash has been skinned and the dash pad is a repo abs plastic cap held on with velcro. Aftermarket steering column with a custom removable adapter for the stock Tuff wheel. All the carpet is Orzite aka speaker box carpet, Kirkey seats, PPP shifter. Behind the rear panels has had extra metal trimmed. The steel bumpers are supported by gutted brackets. A lot of little things, alloy fasteners in some places. I looked at everything and thought of how I could make it lighter, to an extent. Some parts that are not modified at all are the fenders, doors and trunk lid, those are very hard to get in good shape and I didn't want to modify them at all. I have the whole build on my Facebook.
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Pretty impressive weight. My 64 has a mega block making it heavier. But other than that it has moly cage, moly tube steering shaft and strut rods. Carbon fiber bumper brackets and hood (no hinges). Drive shaft, radiator, 5 gal cell are aluminum. Lexan (except the windshield) and no regulators. Light front seats, no heater, wipers, or back seat. Willwood's, Dana, Ladder bar , 727. All the rest of the sheet metal, floor pan, and frame rails are stock. With no fuel or driver it is 3100. What else did you trim? Doug Doug 64's are already lighter then mine is due to it being dimensionally a smaller car. Mine is done very similar to the way you have yours, ladder bar, Dana, 727, stock floor and rails. My cage is mild steel as well. For mine I found a lot of savings in the dash and in the inner structure of the car, all the inner bracing of the unibody has had some meat removed. I also believe most people think these cars are heavier stock then they actually are because the 73-74 b bodies are substantially heavier, there isn't much different between these cars and a 68-70 b or e body for that matter.
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