I dunno if this has been posted before, but gosh darn it I'll post it again! My friend pointed out an open gravel scale, so I thought what the hey!

Car + 1/8 tank of gas + spares + miscellanous daily driver junk = 2800 lbs. Keep in mind the digiscale goes in increments of 20. I weigh about 130, and me in the car read 2920. so.. 2800/170 (intake/exhaust) = 16.47lbs/hp. not too shabby!

Don

Hehe.. now throw in some aluminum parts and no daily driver junk ;)

Korey

now, CF hood, strip that interior, some lightwieght rims... hehehe!!!!!:devil:

Sorry, I've stopped salivating now...

Isn't that about what is says on the doorframe?

That's pretty good. my car with me in it and 1/2 tank of gas weighed in at 3,050lbs. or so on the corner scales

Eric

Weighed my RS last night. 1720 on the front, 1280 on the rear, 3000 pounds even (give or take 40), with me and 1/4 tank o' dino juice. I need to be a back-seat driver.

Good lord! I didn't know the weight distribution of our car was THAT bad. hmm.. I am gonna have to do something about that. MUAHAHAHa. :devil:

Don

dood, that's 57/43. that's not really too bad.

of course, don't let me dissuade from improving those numbers.

cf hood + battery to rear = 1660/1320

Mine weighed in at 2730 with the sterio, spare tire, 1/8th tank of gas, tow hitch, tools, and some other stuff

Chad
93 1.8T

Mine weighed 2804 with 1679 front and 1125 rear.

In front it was 840 was left and 839 right. The rear was 539 left and 586 right.

With 233 to the wheels at 10 psi with a cracked #4 piston = 12.0 lbs/hp at wheels - Adjusting for crank HP at 315 = 8.9 lbs/hp

Is that good?

Larry

not bad. The DEFINING factor in the handling of a car (as far as weight is concerned) is the cross weights. In other words, you want the Left front + right rear to be as close as possible to the right front + left rear.

I forgot my four corners but after a lot of trying I got my cross weights within 6lbs. of each other it's tough than you would think.

Eric

Corner weighting the car was tough, first we aligned the car with me in it, for (-) 1.3 camber each side front and (-) 0.8 rear both sides. The rear camber was adjusted by altering ride height with the coil overs, since I didn't have camber bolts.

When it was all done, we took it to the scales at a national tour autocross and got the above results with me out of the car, which is about 2" lower than stock.

Larry

do you have to align with the person in the car? Does it make a difference?

Don

It seeemed to give me an edge in autocrossing...

Larry

My 94 Impreza Wagon(supposed to be heavy) weighed 2518lb!
58.6:41.3 front to rear
corner weight data
723lb LF 753 lb RF
550lb LR 492lb RR

trick? my car is 2WD and it has fiberglass hood:D
I am having a AWD conversion next month and expecting to be heavier:(

Interestingly enough.. my roommate went back to the same scale, except he has a 98, and I have a 2000. His weighed in at 2760. He had half a tank of gas. BUT he had no rear seat, and no rear bumper. ANy suggestions to the difference? only thing I can think of is the rear LSD.

Don

We always used to throw a heavy bag in the driver's seat when we would do alignments on performance cars. It depends on the weight of the car and the weight of the driver. If your car weighs 4000lbs then 200lbs in the driver's seat won't matter as much as 200lbs in the seat of a 2500 lb car. If your just aligning back to manufacturer specs it really isn't a big issue, but if your being very specific the it's a good idea to add your body weight to the seat.

Where can you get your car weighed? At the DMV? :confused:

-Jason

Don't know what my 2000rs weighs but last time I took it to the track had a baby stroller in the trunk, bowling ball in the back seat and a baby car seat in the back. Hey hows was I gunna get to the track without my girl know where I was going. Still ran a 1/8 mile in 10.7. Wish there was a 1/4mile track here but Its louisville, KY.