I do have a RMS Alterkation front end, i'm sure it saves some weight but not sure how much really. Even if their scales were wrong I still need to loose that 120lbs. Car is going onto a chassis dyno on June 7th to see if we can get any more power out of it, but no plans on making any major driveline changes. After the 7th it is what it is, motor wise.The rest will have to come from weight savings
I wouldn't think that the 15x7 Daisies would weigh more than the 15x8's. I did notice that on Americans website that sometimes the chevy bolt pattern would weigh more than the Ford/ Mopar but sometimes also vice versa .Weird
Dan, just for comparison my 65 Belvedere scales at 3660 with a hemi, aluminum heads and water pump, 727, Dana, SS interior, full exhaust, similar torq thrust wheels, and half tank of gas. No a/c, sound deadener or gear vendors.
I called the local Cat scale and i'm going to drive it there tomorrow. Looking at your numbers maybe my 3800 with all of the extra weight items isn't far off? I should know tomorrow how close it is, they claim their scale is dead on but i've read that they are close @ a 20lb. variable and for a street car that's close enough for me. BTW, 65hemi that's an awesome car you got.
Freind of a friend who was retiring from roundy round racing. $400 And what its worth. I have a friendwith a 64 Dodge N/SS car thats a touch lighter than mine.
I could see your weights making total sense. I've personally never seen a guy trying to run those numbers with a GV and A/C and the other stuff. But, you set your own parameters.
Doug.
This car is 99 percent street driven only driven to the track a couple times a year. I was going for what we used to call a "Gentleman's Hotrod". 30 years ago, when it would have been impressive to run low 11's , 10's on the street I wanted to build one but never quite got there. Some 11.5 and 12 second cars but no 10's. I hang out with a guy at one of our local cruise nights that runs 8.60's on the street and he drives the wheels off of the car, so I realize i'm about 30 years too late. Just something i want to do. For me it's more fun to race a street car than street a race car and the air conditioning feels great on the return road.
AC? That's too much unnecessary weight. Open the windows. LOL.
No ! It'll let all of the cold air out, maybe i should run the fuel line through the cabin , the cool fuel should make up for the a/c weight,
Glad that your'e going to do a thread on this, i'm sure some others and myself will learn a lot on the subject. It isn't talked about as much as it probably should be.
There is a fiberglass company in Ohio that makes these fiberglass bumpers and all their mopar parts in Race weight, Street weight, and Heavy duty. There is also a company in Mich. that has a really good chrome process for the bumpers. I have personally seen the process and approve.
Can you tell us the name of the company that does the chrome process for fiberglass bumpers?, also how much does your glass 64' Polara fenders weigh?. The stock ones are pretty heavy.
