How Much Does Your B-Body Weigh?

[33 IMP]

True this. lot's of people drank the Kool-aid with the at curb weights of the factory on their registration forms which could vary much. Some p[eop[le/transport companies adjusted the numbers so as to pay less registration costs or weight citations in certain states. Put 'em on good digital scales and know the numbers on all four corners.

I would LOVE to have a set of digital scales. I should have bought one years ago, but just couldn't justify the cost, and now they've almost doubled in price..... and I can't justify the cost.
I was gonna have my Opel scaled, but the racetrack closed, and the support businesses on the property went with it.

 

[fullmetaljacket]

I would LOVE to have a set of digital scales. I should have bought one years ago, but just couldn't justify the cost, and now they've almost doubled in price..... and I can't justify the cost.
I was gonna have my Opel scaled, but the racetrack closed, and the support businesses on the property went with it.

Case in point. My registration numbers had me over the moon when I first got the car reading in at 3180 Lbs. I was floating until that deflating moment when a truck scale slapped me with the reality check of 3690 Lbs or so. I can't remember exactly now because I am not in front of my notes, but somewhere in that ball park.
Anyways, if that registration card was correct and after all that has been done to the car to trim off the fat over that last 35 years or so, it would now be weighing 1900 Lbs wet. LOL.
Check your head at a real digital scale and then back it up on another independent scale. Digital scales can have glitches also, but very rare.

PS: My digital scales were mad expensive over 15 years ago. I don't want to look at the prices now.

 

[Austin Charger]

Let's get some data points - what is your b-body, how much does it weigh, and how is it set up?

'71 charger SE with 528 cast iron mega block 528. Aluminum heads, radiator, water pump, manual brake master, and intake. TTI exhaust, dana 60, A833 transmission, manual steering, frame connectors, torque boxes, and full interior. Weight with full spare, full gas, and myself is 4280. I am 180 lbs. so net car weight is 4100.

 

[Toni]

70 Super Bee 383, A833, HP headers, 225/70R14, drum breaks is 3725 lbs without spare tire
68 Coronet 440 post car, with a 440, 727, headers, 11" drums front, 5-6 gallons fuel and 255/15R15 front and rear tires is 3590 lbs without spare tire
71 Challenger with a 318, 906, 225/70R14, 11" drums in front, headers, with spare tire, is 3590 lbs too
440 Engine with HP ex manifolds, edelbrock intake and carb without damper and flywheel 570 lbs
all cars have no a/c
results without me on the same calibratet scale

 

[padam]

Someone should put these in a table and make it sticky

 

[33 IMP]

Case in point. My registration numbers had me over the moon when I first got the car reading in at 3180 Lbs. I was floating until that deflating moment when a truck scale slapped me with the reality check of 3690 Lbs or so. I can't remember exactly now because I am not in front of my notes, but somewhere in that ball park.
Anyways, if that registration card was correct and after all that has been done to the car to trim off the fat over that last 35 years or so, it would now be weighing 1900 Lbs wet. LOL.
Check your head at a real digital scale and then back it up on another independent scale. Digital scales can have glitches also, but very rare.

PS: My digital scales were mad expensive over 15 years ago. I don't want to look at the prices now.

I did look, for fun.
Proform wired are $900, wireless are $1500 Longacre wireless start at $2300 and can go way up from there.
The proform wired would be very close to max capacity with a hellcat on em (if not over! Depends on the front weight bias). Couldn't do any of the trucks mentioned in this thread.

 

[68BabyBlue]

I checked the as tested weight of a '68 440 GTX with factory A/C in a vintage road test. Car Life weighed the cars with full fuel tank and a passenger. Weight as tested was 4200 lbs. Car ran the quarter in 14.6, Baby Blue had no options, and ran 14.2 Seems consistent. When I was running my '66 Imperial, I weighed it on a truck scale, no driver, and it went 4900, surprisingly close to the weight of a fully loaded GTX.

 

[gooser]

68 road runner been working on the last 3 years to take the pounds out last year i was at 3220 and still no alun heads but this will come this spring with about another 80 pounds out of the car

 

[33 IMP]

I checked the as tested weight of a '68 440 GTX with factory A/C in a vintage road test. Car Life weighed the cars with full fuel tank and a passenger. Weight as tested was 4200 lbs. Car ran the quarter in 14.6, Baby Blue had no options, and ran 14.2 Seems consistent. When I was running my '66 Imperial, I weighed it on a truck scale, no driver, and it went 4900, surprisingly close to the weight of a fully loaded GTX.

Why would they weigh a car that way? Completely stupid! How fat is the driver? How about the worthless passenger that shouldn't be there in the first place? Tanks full? How big is it? Got ten gallons in it, or twenty two?
Bad data 101. How to give a number that has no significance.

 

[33 IMP]

I checked the as tested weight of a '68 440 GTX with factory A/C in a vintage road test. Car Life weighed the cars with full fuel tank and a passenger. Weight as tested was 4200 lbs. Car ran the quarter in 14.6, Baby Blue had no options, and ran 14.2 Seems consistent. When I was running my '66 Imperial, I weighed it on a truck scale, no driver, and it went 4900, surprisingly close to the weight of a fully loaded GTX.

I was told at the races once about a 67 big block ElCamino that was there that day was 4400 lbs going down the track. I called shenanigans..... until I saw the driver get out. Pushing 600 lbs, his calves were bigger than my waist.

 

[Kern Dog]

There was a Mopar magazine in the late 90s that pitted 6 different 440 powered cars against each other to compare combinations that each owner came up with. They showed each car with the owner next to them. One car was reasonably fast but suddenly shaved 4 tenths off his ET with a driver change,
The owner had to be well over 400 lbs, the other driver was really skinny.

 

[fullmetaljacket]

68 road runner been working on the last 3 years to take the pounds out last year i was at 3220 and still no alun heads but this will come this spring with about another 80 pounds out of the car

'68 RoadRunners are the lightest of their flocks.

 

[INTMD8]

Mine is a chunker, especially for not having AC. Gen 2 hemi with iron heads but aluminum intake and radiator. TKO600, Dana 60. The newer Chrysler seats are pretty heavy and I put dynamat in the whole car. Subframe connectors. Steel flywheel, carbon fiber driveshaft.

 

[AR67GTX]

Why would they weigh a car that way? Completely stupid! How fat is the driver? How about the worthless passenger that shouldn't be there in the first place? Tanks full? How big is it? Got ten gallons in it, or twenty two?
Bad data 101. How to give a number that has no significance.

Probably still running test wheels and stop watches for acceleration trials. The passenger had to go along to run the stop watches is my guess.

 

[33 IMP]

Probably still running test wheels and stop watches for acceleration trials. The passenger had to go along to run the stop watches is my guess.

That's a pretty good guess, imo. Fine, but just publish the weight of the car, with a full tank, no people. I can research the size of the tank, and calculate the fuel load.

 

[pro451bee]

Last I weighed the Bee was 3450 , then put Qa1 stuff on so it may be some what less now.