02-20-2009, 12:08 AM
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GLS member
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curb weight
my vin lookup says my car weights over 4000 pounds? wtf is that? i thought we had same frame and similar weight to gagts? they have 3300 curb weight thats a huge difference!
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02-20-2009, 12:15 AM
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636 whp
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it weighs 2985 ish somewhere around there
of course depends on what it's equipped with
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02-20-2009, 12:19 AM
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Look on your title. Mine says 2927 lbs, thats with a 4 cyl. With a V6 model, you'll be 1-2 hundred lbs more.
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02-20-2009, 12:38 AM
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title says 3016. that sounds better phewww whatever that crap the dealer pulled up was way off!!
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02-20-2009, 12:57 AM
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GX Member
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it should be on the piller of your drivers side door or on the door its self
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02-20-2009, 01:19 AM
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Im at 1300
... KG on my title :P
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2 door 2000 Black GX With a stick: M45 eaton supercharger - Quad4's 57mm Throttle body - Custom WAI - KYB GR-2 struts - CM Lowering springs - Front and rear strut tower brace - R1 concept zinc plated drilled/slotted rotors with semi-metallic pads - short shifter.
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Originally Posted by Alerosaint
the #6 bolt torque..its impossible to get...unless I use telekenesis
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02-20-2009, 03:46 AM
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Aleromod part owner
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Curb weight.
Weight of the vechile with a full tank of gas, every seat filled, and a trunk full of cargo.
Mine tipped the scales at 3340 and Jackels at 3327 when we raced 
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02-20-2009, 09:00 AM
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636 whp
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Redog
Curb weight.
Weight of the vechile with a full tank of gas, every seat filled, and a trunk full of cargo.
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What? No it isn't, lol.
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Curb weight is the total weight of a vehicle with standard equipment, all necessary operating consumables (e.g. motor oil and coolant), a full tank of fuel, while not loaded with either passengers or cargo.
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02-20-2009, 11:14 AM
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2Screwy
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Redog
Mine tipped the scales at 3340 and Jackels at 3327 when we raced |
sounds more like it..... |
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02-20-2009, 12:12 PM
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GLS member
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whats a spare tire setup drop when taken out around 20 pounds?
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02-20-2009, 12:28 PM
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Spare and jack, you are looking around 40 pounds
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2 door 2000 Black GX With a stick: M45 eaton supercharger - Quad4's 57mm Throttle body - Custom WAI - KYB GR-2 struts - CM Lowering springs - Front and rear strut tower brace - R1 concept zinc plated drilled/slotted rotors with semi-metallic pads - short shifter.
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Originally Posted by Alerosaint
the #6 bolt torque..its impossible to get...unless I use telekenesis
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02-20-2009, 12:58 PM
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What do they say, you gain something like 1 hp per pound you shed off the vehicle? Something like that...
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02-20-2009, 02:38 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Beholder88
What do they say, you gain something like 1 hp per pound you shed off the vehicle? Something like that...
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Vehicle curb weight has nothing to do with horsepower. 
For every 100lbs you shed from your vehicle, you lose 1/10 of a second in a drag race. |
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02-20-2009, 02:39 PM
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Example. your car + you weighs 3100lbs. You run 13.5. You remove your spare tire and backseats, dropping 100lbs from your vehicle. You then run 13.4, theoretically.
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02-20-2009, 03:08 PM
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I think that's what I meant. I know I've seen time studies somewhere on that.
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02-20-2009, 03:13 PM
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GLS member
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Beholder88
What do they say, you gain something like 1 hp per pound you shed off the vehicle? Something like that...
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If only it worked like that 
Nick is more right, but the gains are not constant if you keep removing weight, at one point the wind resistance catches you.
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2 door 2000 Black GX With a stick: M45 eaton supercharger - Quad4's 57mm Throttle body - Custom WAI - KYB GR-2 struts - CM Lowering springs - Front and rear strut tower brace - R1 concept zinc plated drilled/slotted rotors with semi-metallic pads - short shifter.
Quote:
Originally Posted by Alerosaint
the #6 bolt torque..its impossible to get...unless I use telekenesis
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02-20-2009, 05:02 PM
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Let's Play Army!
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and I wish the back seats were 60 pounds...they are so light, that taking them out would have hardly any effect on the drag strip. (maybe .01 faster, at the most.)
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Quote:
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holy crap, i just farted at work and the whole office stinks!!!!
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RIP to my Alero @ 112000 miles. COD: thrown rod. TOD: 430pm, Dec19, 2011.
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02-20-2009, 11:56 PM
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Aleromod part owner
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Spare and jack = 50 lbs.
This is going to be the first year I'm NOT dumping the spare/jack or switching the intake to race, at least in the points, I'll still do it for the sport compact days
I dropped the spare and jack in the Delta when it still had the 307 and it went from 20.20 to 19.98
Althought I just found out a few weeks ago that that motor was probably really out of tune because a 98 with a stock 307 motor ran 18.90 and that car weighs about 200 lbs more 
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2000 Olds Alero 3400 SFI 14.53 @ 94.93
1985 Olds Delta 88 307 SBO 17.96 @ 76.99
2007 Volvo V50 T5 6M 15.782 @ 89.12
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02-21-2009, 05:44 AM
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Boost Guru
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Redog
I dropped the spare and jack in the Delta when it still had the 307 and it went from 20.20 to 19.98 |
Damn, you might need a full cage soon...
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