Just weighed my car...

[thebigwaldo]

I hoped my car would weigh less than 3500 lbs. but nooo. The official # was 3640 pounds.

Anyway, the car is a factory 'lightweight', with power nothing (I did add the remote trunk tho) and non-chrome 5-spokes.

The only glimmer of hope about this all is that this was at street weight, with driver. I had my sound system and all that random junk that I don't usually have in there when I go race, and a full tank of gas.

Later, I'm gonna start taking stuff out and weighing it to see how much all of my junk actually weighs. I'll go ahead and post those #'s when I get them.

BTW, does anyone know what a gallon of gas weighs?

-Jeremy

[rob231]

my car is a stripper model too. and i think a gallon of gas weighs like 6lbs. don't quote me on that though. where did you weigh it at?

[thebigwaldo]

<blockquote>quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by rob231:
my car is a stripper model too. and i think a gallon of gas weighs like 6lbs. don't quote me on that though. where did you weigh it at?<hr></blockquote>

My dad is a cotton farmer and basically owns part of a cotton gin. They weigh the cotton while it's on trucks before they gin it to determine how much is there. I went out there today and asked if I could get a weight. It only weighs to the nearest 10 pounds but that's close enough for me.

[Camarorulz]

Weird, my car weighs 3495 with me in it!? I weigh around 150. Thats a good hundred pounds less! Whats up with that? I guess your sound system probably weighs quite a bit.

[ November 29, 2002: Message edited by: Camarorulz ]</p>

[12secondv6]

Mine weighs 3080 w/o bottle and driver

[magic1872]

rob was correct, gas weighs about 6lbs/gal

[thebigwaldo]

Car weight minus 200lbs. worth of driver, 78 lbs. of gas (13 gallons), and 60lbs. of sound equipment & other random stuff = about 3302 pounds.

That's more like it.

Edit: Found a scale and put in real #'s

-Jeremy

[ November 29, 2002: Message edited by: thebigwaldo ]</p>

[Jhonathan]

hey waldo, wierd question, im in lubbock as well...
think i could borrow that scale and weigh my bird?
hehe

[F1GT]

16oz = 1 lb.
128oz = 1 gallon

128/16 = 8 lbs. per gallon

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[ November 29, 2002: Message edited by: F1GT ]</p>

[V6Bob]

"8 lbs. per gallon"

True for water. Gas weighs about 3/4th as much for a given volume = 6 lbs/gallon.

[Big Tymer]

<blockquote>quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by F1GT:
16oz = 1 lb.
128oz = 1 gallon

128/16 = 8 lbs. per gallon

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[ November 29, 2002: Message edited by: F1GT ]<hr></blockquote>

ouch sorry F1GT but u just got bit ch slapped by V6Bob

[naptown]

LMAO ROFLMAO at the reply above me!!!!!

[thebigwaldo]

<blockquote>quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by Jhonathan:
hey waldo, wierd question, im in lubbock as well...
think i could borrow that scale and weigh my bird?
hehe<hr></blockquote>

only if by 'borrow' you mean 'drive my butt down to the middle of nowhere and weigh my car' sure man. Looks like it would be kinda tough to bring it back with me. Anyone have access to an earth-mover?

-Jeremy