Last night on stock 6 speed, look at these 60's!!!
Wow, 2400lbs is even far lighter then I considered. Not that Im questioning you or anything, you know your stuff, but I would like to see the weight of your car once your all done putting it back together. Im looking to try to reduce the weight of my car to around 2800lbs or so, with a carbon hatch and maybe the doors. Im not sure if I want a cage in my daily driver. 2400lbs would be some serious stuff though!
Originally Posted by bacalhau16
Wow, 2400lbs is even far lighter then I considered. Not that Im questioning you or anything, you know your stuff, but I would like to see the weight of your car once your all done putting it back together. Im looking to try to reduce the weight of my car to around 2800lbs or so, with a carbon hatch and maybe the doors. Im not sure if I want a cage in my daily driver. 2400lbs would be some serious stuff though!
if you keep it NA, the car can be 2800 without driver VERY easily, let me get a hold of it!! i know a few tricks that can get the weight down.
i had the hatch off the other day, GET RID OF IT!! its is sooooooooo heavy, just the hatch and glass replace with lexan and CF will save you 60 pounds easily....
good luck !!!!
im about to get some longacre corner balancing scales for my shop. then i will be able to weigh everyones cars exact..
^^ Scales for the shop!??!! I love you man! LOL
Im so glad I live in Orlando....this shop is going to be so bad ***...
Jeremy your shop should also provide "Vehicle Lightening Services", charge by the hour or for any lighter parts (also have them sign a waiver so they dont try to sue you for removing thier sway bars lol) and have different levels like: Novice (100 lbs) , Intermediate (175lbs) and Extreme (250 lb) then weigh the car to prove the results....
Im so glad I live in Orlando....this shop is going to be so bad ***...
Jeremy your shop should also provide "Vehicle Lightening Services", charge by the hour or for any lighter parts (also have them sign a waiver so they dont try to sue you for removing thier sway bars lol) and have different levels like: Novice (100 lbs) , Intermediate (175lbs) and Extreme (250 lb) then weigh the car to prove the results....
Last edited by ZLadie2000; Nov 26, 2006 at 04:38 AM.
I was hoping to get atleast 60lbs shaved with the hatch. I was considering taking the risk of the carbon doors just for the weight savings there too.
Zladie2000, any idea what your car might weigh right now? I know you were adamit on lightening your car.
Zladie2000, any idea what your car might weigh right now? I know you were adamit on lightening your car.
Originally Posted by bacalhau16
I was hoping to get atleast 60lbs shaved with the hatch. I was considering taking the risk of the carbon doors just for the weight savings there too.
Zladie2000, any idea what your car might weigh right now? I know you were adamit on lightening your car.
Zladie2000, any idea what your car might weigh right now? I know you were adamit on lightening your car.
1. Installed Braille 11 lb battery (-34lbs)
2. Removed spare, tools,mats (mats are heavy, including trunk mats) (-50lbs)
3. Removed front strut bar (-10 lb estimate)
4. Lighter wheels (lighter than stock by about 5-7lbs each) (-25lbs)
5. Drained windshield wiper fluid (supposedly -3 lbs)
6. Removed pass. seat for track day (-45lb estimate, I have a Touring!)
7. Nismo exhaust (-9 lbs)
On track day, not including running 1/8th of a tank of gas I have saved approximately ~176lb off of my heavy butt 04 Touring 5AT. I am guessing my race weight is around 3185 w/o me in it... we'll see when Jeremy's shop is open!
I want to get a Ti exhaust and Sparco seat to save a little more weight...
Last edited by ZLadie2000; Nov 26, 2006 at 12:37 PM.
Originally Posted by Audible Mayhem
if you keep it NA, the car can be 2800 without driver VERY easily, let me get a hold of it!! i know a few tricks that can get the weight down.
i had the hatch off the other day, GET RID OF IT!! its is sooooooooo heavy, just the hatch and glass replace with lexan and CF will save you 60 pounds easily....
good luck !!!!
im about to get some longacre corner balancing scales for my shop. then i will be able to weigh everyones cars exact..
i had the hatch off the other day, GET RID OF IT!! its is sooooooooo heavy, just the hatch and glass replace with lexan and CF will save you 60 pounds easily....
good luck !!!!
im about to get some longacre corner balancing scales for my shop. then i will be able to weigh everyones cars exact..
I cant wait to see what other Z's weigh with some weight reduction. I would love to see what your Z (Zladie) is without the passenger seat. I have a touring model too, but dont intend on keeping the seats, (hint..hint..if anyone wants to buy) but would like too see that weight because it should be lighter then 3100lbs my guess.
Good luck on the big opening day Jeremy. I may have to make a road trip this summer to see the shop.
Good luck on the big opening day Jeremy. I may have to make a road trip this summer to see the shop.
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This is a list I made on another forum of the weights of VQs that people had posted - these are obviously all FWD VQs but the RWD will be about the same
VQ35 - 260lbs longblock, no intake manifold - weighed by JClaw, lifted by himself onto bathroom scale
VQ30 Shortblock - 127lbs weighed by JClaw on his bathroom scale - including rotating assembly, no heads, no timing cover, and of course no intake manifold.
VQ30 long block - 246lbs weighed by ME at aluminum recycling facility. No intake manifold, obviously including rotating assembly, block, heads, timing equipment.
VQ35 long block component pieces weighed on shipping scale by eng92 - 277lbs - block, heads, rotating assembly.
VQ35 long block including intake manifold, no accessories - 313lbs weighed on a recently calibrated auditing scale with supposedly accurate to within +/- 0.5lbs
CREDIT GOES TO eng92 FOR THESE PICTURES
VQ35
Obviously some of the scales above are out of calibration (bathroom scales always try to make you feel good about yourself lol), but you get the basic idea. VQ35 is somewhere between 270 and 310ish lbs, VQ30 is somewhere between 270 and 330ish lbs (I don't trust the 246lbs that the aluminum recycler gave me as being completely accurate, because they pay you based on weight, and of course they'd like to pay out as little as possible. so their scale probably reads light which coincides with the numbers that other people got.) They say (nissan says) that the VQ35 is about 35lbs lighter than the VQ30 was which is exactly what eng92's weights on the same scale, on the same day, indicate.
VQ35 - 260lbs longblock, no intake manifold - weighed by JClaw, lifted by himself onto bathroom scale
VQ30 Shortblock - 127lbs weighed by JClaw on his bathroom scale - including rotating assembly, no heads, no timing cover, and of course no intake manifold.
VQ30 long block - 246lbs weighed by ME at aluminum recycling facility. No intake manifold, obviously including rotating assembly, block, heads, timing equipment.
VQ35 long block component pieces weighed on shipping scale by eng92 - 277lbs - block, heads, rotating assembly.
VQ35 long block including intake manifold, no accessories - 313lbs weighed on a recently calibrated auditing scale with supposedly accurate to within +/- 0.5lbs
CREDIT GOES TO eng92 FOR THESE PICTURES
VQ35
Obviously some of the scales above are out of calibration (bathroom scales always try to make you feel good about yourself lol), but you get the basic idea. VQ35 is somewhere between 270 and 310ish lbs, VQ30 is somewhere between 270 and 330ish lbs (I don't trust the 246lbs that the aluminum recycler gave me as being completely accurate, because they pay you based on weight, and of course they'd like to pay out as little as possible. so their scale probably reads light which coincides with the numbers that other people got.) They say (nissan says) that the VQ35 is about 35lbs lighter than the VQ30 was which is exactly what eng92's weights on the same scale, on the same day, indicate.
Last edited by Nealoc187; Nov 27, 2006 at 09:24 AM.
Originally Posted by Nealoc187
This is a list I made on another forum of the weights of VQs that people had posted - these are obviously all FWD VQs but the RWD will be about the same
VQ35 - 260lbs longblock, no intake manifold - weighed by JClaw, lifted by himself onto bathroom scale
VQ30 Shortblock - 127lbs weighed by JClaw on his bathroom scale - including rotating assembly, no heads, no timing cover, and of course no intake manifold.
VQ30 long block - 246lbs weighed by ME at aluminum recycling facility. No intake manifold, obviously including rotating assembly, block, heads, timing equipment.
VQ35 long block component pieces weighed on shipping scale by eng92 - 277lbs - block, heads, rotating assembly.
VQ35 long block including intake manifold, no accessories - 313lbs weighed on a recently calibrated auditing scale with supposedly accurate to within +/- 0.5lbs
CREDIT GOES TO eng92 FOR THESE PICTURES
VQ35
Obviously some of the scales above are out of calibration (bathroom scales always try to make you feel good about yourself lol), but you get the basic idea. VQ35 is somewhere between 270 and 310ish lbs, VQ30 is somewhere between 270 and 330ish lbs (I don't trust the 246lbs that the aluminum recycler gave me as being completely accurate, because they pay you based on weight, and of course they'd like to pay out as little as possible. so their scale probably reads light which coincides with the numbers that other people got.) They say (nissan says) that the VQ35 is about 35lbs lighter than the VQ30 was which is exactly what eng92's weights on the same scale, on the same day, indicate.
VQ35 - 260lbs longblock, no intake manifold - weighed by JClaw, lifted by himself onto bathroom scale
VQ30 Shortblock - 127lbs weighed by JClaw on his bathroom scale - including rotating assembly, no heads, no timing cover, and of course no intake manifold.
VQ30 long block - 246lbs weighed by ME at aluminum recycling facility. No intake manifold, obviously including rotating assembly, block, heads, timing equipment.
VQ35 long block component pieces weighed on shipping scale by eng92 - 277lbs - block, heads, rotating assembly.
VQ35 long block including intake manifold, no accessories - 313lbs weighed on a recently calibrated auditing scale with supposedly accurate to within +/- 0.5lbs
CREDIT GOES TO eng92 FOR THESE PICTURES
VQ35
Obviously some of the scales above are out of calibration (bathroom scales always try to make you feel good about yourself lol), but you get the basic idea. VQ35 is somewhere between 270 and 310ish lbs, VQ30 is somewhere between 270 and 330ish lbs (I don't trust the 246lbs that the aluminum recycler gave me as being completely accurate, because they pay you based on weight, and of course they'd like to pay out as little as possible. so their scale probably reads light which coincides with the numbers that other people got.) They say (nissan says) that the VQ35 is about 35lbs lighter than the VQ30 was which is exactly what eng92's weights on the same scale, on the same day, indicate.
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