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Originally Posted by 68bird400HO
Can you verify where they find 300lbs to remove from these cars? I think it was brought up before that this figure was based on the AMA specifications, however, which listed T37 weight the with 6 cylinder. I am just not seeing 300lbs in sound deadener and bucket seats vs bench.
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68bird400HO,
Here is from my Tempest thread in this section...
"The previous owner weighed the Tempest the one time he had it at the track and it weighed 3650 lbs with him in it and a half tank of gas....he weighs at least 225 lbs, and I'm at 150 lbs, so 3575 lbs with behind the wheel. I plan on swapping it to manual steering which will shed another 30 lbs, so it'll be 3600 lbs with me and a full tank of fuel. That is almost 500 lbs lighter than my '70 Judge (4080 lbs with me)! I wish they put RAIV's in stripper Tempests in '69 and '70...they would have been game changers!"
The two cars are comparably equipped with V8's (400's), power steering, automatics (TH400's), radios, weighed on NHRA certified scales, with drivers. The Tempest was weighed without the spare & jack assembly (60 lbs.) and a half tank of gas (61 lbs.). If you add that to the Tempest's weight (with factory sound deadener, etc.) then minus the driver difference of 75 lbs. (3650 + 60 +61 -75 = 3696 lbs. with me (150 lbs.), or 3546 lbs. curb weight. The AMA curb weight of a '70 GTO is 3781 lbs. + 31 lbs.(PS) + 29 lbs.(TH400) + 8 lbs(radio) = 3849 lbs. curb weight. So that is a 400 lb. difference...sorry not 300 lb. My Judge weighs 4080 lbs. with me, or 3930 lbs. curb weight (exactly what my title lists) with the spare and full tank of gas, right on the AMA spec weights. The '70 Tempest is much lighter for some reason and weighs they same as my brothers '71 455HO T-37 (+/- a few lbs.).
The AMA weight for the '70 Tempest is 3336 lbs. + 245 lbs. (400 4-bbl.) + 29 lbs. (TH400) + 31 lbs. (PS) + 8 lbs. (radio) = 3649 lbs. curb weight vs. 3546 lbs. actual. AMA GTO weight of 3930 lbs. minus AMA Tempest weight 3649 lbs. = 281 lbs., so close to 300 lbs. by AMA standards.
Both cars are factory stock with all their born-with stuff...no weight removal in either.
Dennis