So how much does my 996 weigh? I found out today.

[450knotOffice]

Over on the Rennlist 996 forum someone posted a question about the weight difference between C2's and C4's. Good discussion. However, all this talk about weight got me to thinking. How much does my 2000 996 C2 coupe weigh, anyway? Well, I decided to find out. A bit over a year ago, I'd had my '84 Carrera corner balanced and aligned on Hergesheimer's very accurate drive-on laser alignment rack and corner balance scale. That car ended up weighing 2,570 pounds empty (almost empty gas tank). A few weeks later a bunch of us Porsche fanatics decided to stop by a company that has a certified scale in order to weigh our cars and have a "weigh-off". It turned out my car weighed 2,660 pounds with 3/4 of a tank of gas (which weighs about 90 pounds), so it turned out that their scales gave basically the exact same number as Hergesheimer's scale. Great.

Well, I decided to take the 996 to the same scale today but before I did, I filled the gas tank to capacity (16.9 gallons in the C2, or about 105 pounds). The car weighed 3,140 pounds, so it weighs about 3,035 pounds with an empty gas tank.

Now I know.

[WPOZZZ]

The registration for my 99 tip says 3200 lbs. I guess that is pretty accurate.

[jstgermaine]

That is good info....what options do you have? I would assume a lightly optioned car would weigh less than a heavily optioned one.

[Ferd]

I was at Racers Group in January they took delivery of 4 997s 3.6s for Grand Am conversion, after they stripped them completly down to the tub The head mechanic said it only weighed 650lbs it is hard too believe the car goes up 4 times in weight upon completion.

[99C4CAB]

So how much more does a 996 C4 weigh?

[Ferd]

Mine ,no rear seats , no sport seats,BBS lights, No driver 3280 lbs

[450knotOffice]

Mine is lightly optioned, btw. It has the standard seats (non electric except for seatback angle), full supple leather, three spoke steering wheel with a colored crest, and chrome exhaust tips. That's it. Standard 17 inch wheels too (I really want some nice 18's) and no PSM (which was an option on the 2000 C2 but standard on the C4 that year).

[Ferd]

the Grand Am car ended up at 2700 lbs with 200 lbs included of balast to meet requirments, I thought TRG would replace the fly by wire but no, they are racing stock 3.6 carrera engines ( well with some little tweeks ) in that series. Well after all it is the same chassis as the 997 cup car.

[JakeTheSnake]

Originally posted by 99C4CAB
So how much more does a 996 C4 weigh?

From the C2 to the C4 there is a differece of 121 pounds

From the C2 to the C4S there is a differnce of 385 pounds

I haven't put mine under the scale but I would be safe and under given the ROW GT3 seats. That is going to be the biggest weight reduction swap.

[rbogh901]

Originally Posted by JakeTheSnake

From the C2 to the C4 there is a differece of 121 pounds

From the C2 to the C4S there is a differnce of 385 pounds

I haven't put mine under the scale but I would be safe and under given the ROW GT3 seats. That is going to be the biggest weight reduction swap.

What weighs 400 lbs more in a C4S? Tranny is only 120 lbs?

[Schwarzhorse]

2000 Carrera/Carrera 4 owner's manual stated weights:

2909 to 3042 lbs for manually-shifted Carrera coupes
3009 to 3141 lbs for those with automatic Tiptronic transmissions

3031 to 3152 lbs for manually-shifted Carrera 4 coupes
3130 to 3251 lbs for those with Tiptronics