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Weight question...

Reply #15 –
100% stock Turbo Coupe, brakes, rear etc(I did pull the dog bone off the rear)...

The ride control and ABS may add 35-40lbs total, but it isn't a huge amount... The extra wiring harness and computers would be most of it(runs from engine compartment into trunk area). Strut/shock actuators are maybe 1/2lb each, doubt there is a 1/2lb difference in the shock/struts themselves... The electric master cylinder/ABS unit probably weighs 6-8 lbs over the vac booster

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Reply #16 –
wow. makes me appreciate even more how much work my engine is doing to go as fast as it does, and why it takes so much power to get one of these things to truly haul ass, as in low teens in the 1/4 or something similar.
 
land-barges FTW!!!! :birdsmily: :cougarsmily:
1987 20th Anniversary Cougar, 302 "5.0" GT-40 heads (F3ZE '93 Cobra) and TMoss Ported H.O. intake, H.O. camshaft
2.5" Duals, no cats, Flowmaster 40s, Richmond 3.73s w/ Trac-Lok, maxed out Baumann shift kit, 3000 RPM Dirty Dog non-lock TC
Aside from the Mustang crinkle headers, still looks like it's only 150 HP...
1988 Black XR7 Trick Flow top end, Tremec 3550
1988 Black XR7 Procharger P600B intercooled, Edelbrock Performer non-RPM heads, GT40 intake AOD, 13 PSI @5000 RPM. 93 octane

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Reply #17 –
Options add weight to these cars in a big way. Ever pick up a power seat base? I'd bet that sucker weighs close to 50 pounds, if not more. With dual power seats, there's an extra 100 pounds right off the bat. That's the reason I didn't install the power seat bases from my parts TC - I was actually planning to, until I lifted them...

I'll have to weigh the PRC struts I've got in the shed, just to see what they weigh. I don't have any standard, non-PRC struts to weigh for comparison, though...
2015 Mustang GT Premium - 5.0, 6-speed, Guard Green - too much awesome for one car

1988 5.0 Thunderbird :birdsmily: SOLD SEPT 11 2010: TC front clip/hood ♣ Body & paint completed Oct 2007 ♣ 3.55 TC rear end and front brakes ♣ TC interior ♣ CHE rear control arms (adjustable lowers) ♣ 2001 Bullitt springs ♣ Energy suspension poly busings ♣ Kenne Brown subframe connectors ♣ CWE engine mounts ♣ Thundercat sequential turn signals ♣ Explorer overhead console (temp/compass display) ♣ 2.25" off-road dual exhaust ♣ T-5 transmission swap completed Jan 2009 ♣

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Reply #18 –
*Ahem* :D
2005 Subaru WRX STi|daily driver

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Reply #19 –
I know my car weighs about 3700 less now with no exhaust!
RIP 1988 and 1990 Lincoln Mark VII LSC
I welcomed the dark side and currently am driving a 2000 Dodge Durango SLT plus, with a 5.9, Code named project "Night Runner"
Shes black on black, fully loaded, with headers, 180 tstat, e fan, straight exhaust into a cherry bomb vortex ler, full tune up, ported intake and T/B, MSD coil, and round aircleaner.
Mods to come: Fully rebuilt and heavily modded 46RE, and a richmond rachet locker.
my $300 beater ;)
R.I.P Kayleigh Raposa 12/18/90 - 2/24/07

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Reply #20 –
Quote from: Thunder Chicken;139448
Options add weight to these cars in a big way. Ever pick up a power seat base? I'd bet that sucker weighs close to 50 pounds, if not more. With dual power seats, there's an extra 100 pounds right off the bat.


Yeah they are heavy. I pulled mine out over the winter to have them reupholstered. My first thought was "shiznit these are heavy s". Pull the seat bases off and the seats aren't that heavy. Mine are probably heavier because I have power recline as well.
88 Thunderbird LX: 306, Edelbrock Performer heads, Comp 266HR cam, Edelbrock Performer RPM intake, bunch of other stuff.
 

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Reply #21 –
geeeezz!!!! why are the power seat bases THAT heavy!!! that is really sumtin else...
1987 20th Anniversary Cougar, 302 "5.0" GT-40 heads (F3ZE '93 Cobra) and TMoss Ported H.O. intake, H.O. camshaft
2.5" Duals, no cats, Flowmaster 40s, Richmond 3.73s w/ Trac-Lok, maxed out Baumann shift kit, 3000 RPM Dirty Dog non-lock TC
Aside from the Mustang crinkle headers, still looks like it's only 150 HP...
1988 Black XR7 Trick Flow top end, Tremec 3550
1988 Black XR7 Procharger P600B intercooled, Edelbrock Performer non-RPM heads, GT40 intake AOD, 13 PSI @5000 RPM. 93 octane

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Reply #22 –
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why are the power seat bases THAT heavy!!!


American technology in the '80's FTL as far as weight is concerned.....
-- 05 Mustang GT-Whipplecharged !!
--87 5.0 Trick Flow Heads & Intake - Custom Cam - Many other goodies...3100Lbs...Low12's!

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Reply #23 –
hell i wonder much my full power with lumbar and bolster lsc seats weigh!
RIP 1988 and 1990 Lincoln Mark VII LSC
I welcomed the dark side and currently am driving a 2000 Dodge Durango SLT plus, with a 5.9, Code named project "Night Runner"
Shes black on black, fully loaded, with headers, 180 tstat, e fan, straight exhaust into a cherry bomb vortex ler, full tune up, ported intake and T/B, MSD coil, and round aircleaner.
Mods to come: Fully rebuilt and heavily modded 46RE, and a richmond rachet locker.
my $300 beater ;)
R.I.P Kayleigh Raposa 12/18/90 - 2/24/07

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Reply #24 –
mine weighed 3465 with me(150ish) in it. no weight reduction at all, and i dont remember how much gas i had in it. it'll weigh around 2900-3000 when the motor and tranny goes in now. :D
1979 Ford Fairmont
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5.0L/4R70W/8.8"/5-lug/3" Exhuast

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Reply #25 –
My 87 Sport weighed 3330 with about a half tank of gas, but not sure if I was in it when it was weighed. I would suspect not, comparing to posted weights. At the time, I had 16" Enkei mesh wheels, but it was stock other than that.
Dave

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Reply #26 –
Quote from: thunderjet302;140397
Yeah they are heavy. I pulled mine out over the winter to have them reupholstered. My first thought was "shiznit these are heavy s"....

funny, my first though was "which bolt did i forget?" :punchballs:
gumby - beauty may fade, but stupid is forever!

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Reply #27 –
Quote from: gumby;144416
funny, my first though was "which bolt did i forget?" :punchballs:


I though I left some wiring connected:hick:
88 Thunderbird LX: 306, Edelbrock Performer heads, Comp 266HR cam, Edelbrock Performer RPM intake, bunch of other stuff.