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Weighed my SC today

In case anyone is interested, I took my SC to the local landfill scales, and the car weighs 2500 lbs without me. Lighter than I thought it would be. Gas tank was almost empty.

1980 euro SC coupe

No a/c or leather

Does have :
power mirrors
power windows
sunroof
930 tail

The car is stock other than the tail, and hasn't been "lightened" in any way.


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Old 07-08-2002, 09:33 AM
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I have to question that scale. I could be wrong but that seems too light. I am sure others will confirm or deny.
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That doesn't sound too light. SCs are not terribly heavy.
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Like I said I could be wrong. That is however several hundred #'s lighter than my '77 930 w/o ac and pretty dry. Again not posting facts just that it "seems" too light.
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I hope Leland doesn't mind if I reveal some SCWDP secrets but...

You are experiencing the effects of our top secret SC-antigravity research project. Once it has been perfected, you should find that your car is nearly weightless on the road and should outperform even RS spec twin-turbos. Of course, going forward, we will also be leveraging this technology for military applications when we develop the SC Air Force and SC Space Patrol Fleet.

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When I first weighed my bone-stock SC, it came in at 2580 with no one in it, and about 3/4 tank of gas. It has A/C. A/C has been removed, and I'm told it weighs nearly 80 lbs.

I can tell you that turbos are very heavy. Quite a lot heavier than the normally aspirated 911s. But then, they have a way of making up for that extra weight.
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Mine weighed in at 2700 at the scales at Moroso with a full tank of 114 octane. The only weight savings being Recaros and on the + side, Ruf wheels + suspension, a 3.2, b&b, 3 oil coolers, roll bar. I don't rememeber if I was in it, an additional 185lbs.
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In one of the spate of R&T and C&D articles posted a few months ago, an SC one was in amongst the early cars.

It weighed in at 2700, fully optioned (ie air con). No idea how much fuel etc in that number.
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Mine weighed 2950 lbs with me in (190 lbs) and 3/4 tank and A/C. That was with the SC motor.
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I measured my '83SC at about 2550.

Standard car as delivered but: A/C removed. Two Sparco EVO2 seats (17 lbs per) with steel mounting brackets. 5 point harnesses in lieu of OEM belts. All tools/jack removed. Spare tire left installed. No radio, attenna or radio/speaker wiring. No front speakers. Harness bar installed. Rear seat backs removed. Optima battery. Full leather interior (dash, doors, rear panels). Sun roof. 16" Fuchs w/ worn A032R's. About 1/2 tank of gas.

It has since pudged up a little with a Carrera wing, chin spoiler, Fikse's with Kumho's, fire ext., 22/28 t-bars, and 22mm sway bars.

Your number sounds pretty good. Keep in mind fuel is around 6lbs per gallon so an empty 2500 lbs SC could go up to 2625 lbs. with a full tank (21 gallons).
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When I bought my '79SC the seller have me a pile of spare parts like window winder motors etc, not terribly heavy stuff, and the gas tank was nearly empty. It was 2469 pounds as it was loaded into a container to come to NZ. That's sunroof, windows spare and back seats, with no wing. The car is a Euro.
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Is there a weight difference between Euro SCs and our copies?

I wouldn't think there'd be a difference in body weights - I'm talking about just the shell - but I was wondering after seeing this post.

Thank you.
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According to the spec-book, my '82 SC coupe, U.S. model, weighs 2750 lbs. I weighed it w/ AC compressor and rear condensor removed, it weighed 2680. About a half tank of gas. I also have a sunroof and lots of music CDs inside. Don't know how yours could be so much lighter.
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A bare euro and US SC shell would differ in weight at least because of the US crash protection welded into the doors and in the bumper supports. Then start counting the typical US/euro option differences and additional US smog crud and watch the balance tip very much in favor of the average euro SC.

Noah's sub 2300# figure caught my eye, what went away to achieve that (and how much did the '77 3.0 account for) ??
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Owners manual...

says 2530lbs...stock.
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My 80SC is heavier.........

According to the book, the tea-tray tail (big whale) is good for 240 pounds of downforce at 190 Kmh.

Just thought you'd all want to know that. I'll be on I-15 tomorrow morning, eastbound, on the way to Vegas. Full fuel. weighing about 180 pounds more than at the speed limit.

Of course, I'll be substancially lighter (wallet issues) on the way back.

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So Noah...

How'd you lose the weight? Haven't weighed my '74, but I know it isn't down to 2250...
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2250 is the weight of a '73 RS touring with lightweight body panels and minimal undercoating! Hard to believe a '78 SC with a heavier motor weighs that, even without electric windows, etc.
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Heck....when I took off the cat, bratwurst muffler, and all the a/c crappe, I had to get the car re-lowered by 3 inches!

These SC's are lean, mean, drivin' machines!

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