Weighed My 930 Today...Any Guesses??... Pic Inside!

slow&rusty · 07-01-2005, 10:07 PM

Took the car to the truck scale at my office, car had just over 1\4 tank of gas and other than the upgrades that I have documented on here the car is complete with nothing removed. Thought I would share. This scale is a DOT approved and regularly calibrated for our multi axle trucks and has an accuracy of +\- 10lbs. Scale reading is the digital display on the building - 2940lbs - not bad!

Yasin

MIK911 · 07-01-2005, 10:54 PM

Limme guess.......ah........2940Lbs?

My fat stock 3.2 w/ 1/2 tank gas and bunch of junk in trunk weighed 2840 last month. New Year's resolution: DIET.

mike
'86 coupe

slow&rusty · 07-02-2005, 04:43 AM

I was pretty pleased with the weight overall....it would be interesting to see how all the new Porsches weigh with all the luxury features, airbags and safety stuff upping the weight.

Yasin

Emission · Emission's Garage

What year is your 930? 1986?

slow&rusty · 07-02-2005, 08:23 AM

Emission - my car is an '89.

Yasin

jpahemi · 07-02-2005, 09:57 AM

Yasin:
How can your 930 weigh close to 400 lbs more than my 84 3.2?? Where does all the weight come from?
J.P.

MIK911 · 07-03-2005, 08:34 AM

JP--better question: how does my 3.2 weigh 300lbs more than your 3.2? Mines a coupe. Yours? Did you strip off anything?
I had a bunch of junk in the car when i weighed it, eg fire extinguisher, Club, etc but not 300lbs of junk. I also have AC. Only change is Flowmaster mufffler in place of stock one.

mike

jpahemi · 07-03-2005, 08:55 AM

Mike:
I've deleted the AC, engine heater blower and stock seats; the exhaust was converted to SSI with Ben's muffler, back dated heat ducting, RSA door panels and the car came without any options other than AC and sunroof.
j.p.

930 Guy · 07-04-2005, 02:07 PM

My 78 930 weighs in at 2850 with 1/2 tank of gas and a bag of dorito's. bw

slow&rusty · 07-05-2005, 05:14 AM

J.P - I think you have answered your question, as to why my car is 400lbs more than yours, evidently you have put your car on a pretty good Jenny Craig diet with A\C, stock seat, heater\blower removal and a lighter weight exhaust.

Combined with the fact that I still have all the A\C and HVAC stuff on my car, the 12way leather seats plus the turbo weighs a good 20+lbs by itself, the wastegate, the heavy intercooler and all the associated piping, wastegate dump, the heavier exhaust manifold, the larger brakes and the wider heavier wheels and tires and that is where the 400lbs is suddenly accounted for.

Hope that helps!

P.S:930 Guy interesting to see that your car is a solid 100lbs lighter than mine, thanks for sharing. Maybe 105lbs without the Dorritos.

Yasin

Emission · Emission's Garage

I just had mine weighed today... 2945 with 1/2 tank.

I am just glad I am under the 3,000 pound mark!

drsimonwong · 07-19-2005, 10:20 PM

I believe that most cars weighed in at 250lb or so more than their factory curb weights. Curb weights usually are sans all options, including sunroofs. I think the only cars that every came close to their curb weights were the RS's.

My stock '85 with AC, sunroof, electric seat, 1/4tank of fuel and 7+8 Fuchs weighed in at 2800lb. The spec. curb weight is supposed to be 2552lbs. Life's little luxuries are heavy.....

Simon

mmastro · 07-20-2005, 05:56 AM

Yasin, I like the way your muffler and pipes peek out from under the rear valance...loooks good!

My 77 930 weighed in at 2760 (1/4 tank) last time it was corner balanced.
Recaro spg & srd, rear seats/panel delete, front/rear bumpers swapped out for FG, RS carpet, RS door panels, no sunroof (OEM), removed AC, removed fresh air system, relocated Oddessy battery, Kinesis wheels, no spare, and 935 suspension.

I'd like to lose another 250#, but I don't want to go with FG body panels as I still drive it on the street, too.

NathanUK · NathanUK's Garage

My '81 930 weighed 2700lbs / 1225kg with very little fuel. FG bumpers and engine cover. Sparco seats, no A/C.
Should weigh less at the rear now though.

vreference · 11-10-2008, 04:47 PM

Anyone care to guess whether my Fiberglass bodied car will weigh more or less for the lack of steel? Front fenders, Rear Fenders, bumper covers... and no bumpers for better or worse =/

Canada Kev · 11-10-2008, 08:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by drsimonwong

I believe that most cars weighed in at 250lb or so more than their factory curb weights. Curb weights usually are sans all options, including sunroofs. I think the only cars that every came close to their curb weights were the RS's.

My stock '85 with AC, sunroof, electric seat, 1/4tank of fuel and 7+8 Fuchs weighed in at 2800lb. The spec. curb weight is supposed to be 2552lbs. Life's little luxuries are heavy.....

Simon

Don't forget the rear wiper...

-kevin

jwetering · jwetering's Garage

Quote:

Originally Posted by slow&rusty

I was pretty pleased with the weight overall....it would be interesting to see how all the new Porsches weigh with all the luxury features, airbags and safety stuff upping the weight.

Yasin

I weighed my 2002 996 on a calibrated commercial scale similar to the one in the original post. Half tank of gas, no extra junk.

Mine had the 5 spoke lightweight wheels, AC and sunroof of course, but otherwise a low option car.

3050 pounds. I was happy with that since the car had 320 hp so I broke through the magic 10 lbs/hp mark. Usable hp as well because of the variocam, but I digress.