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[Panteracer]

George,
I was thinking of taking the Pantera to Fontana

I hope they have scales there.. would like to check
how much I took out of the Firebird recently... was 3710
two years back

Bob

[craig510]

My falcon was 3132# according to the SCCA scales at the Crows Landing tour event. I'm going to add about 70# of ballast so I can run with my people. It use to be a tick over 3000# before the 255 17s and the roll bar.

[Panteracer]

My firebird was 3560 at the very first Crows Landing
SCCA Divisional 1990 or 91.. a new ZR-1 vette went
right in front of me and we were 2lbs apart...
Hoping I am 3500 something as I have started
the lightening process.. still have a ways to go

Bob

[rustomatic]

Thanks for chiming in on this point, dudes! Craig, I can't be that far off of your weight, although I have added a bit of lightness in my recycled beer-can heads and front suspension (now sporting beer-can/Ridetech coilovers). While I have no back seat, I have added about 100 pounds of manly steel tubing to the car, give or take. Still, the Falcon feels way lighter than my 2012 Honda Civic . . .

Whatevs . . . maybe I'll try to change my group, so as to at least be on the right side of events, or what I'd prefer to see/hear running. Evos do nothing for the ears. Maybe I should just consume less beer, and stick with adding more lightness . . .

DBasher, I will surely win something, even if it's only a foot-race to the crapper . . .

[GregWeld]

Originally Posted by rustomatic

Maybe I should just consume less beer, and stick with adding more lightness . . .

DBasher, I will surely win something, even if it's only a foot-race to the crapper . . .

You can weld a bunch of lightening holes together and change your name to Colin Chapman....



I remember doing a Macy's Fourth of July fireworks show in NYC one year -- all my fellow pyro's had gotten mad drunk the night before a big work day... Now they're out on a hot steel barge in July in NYC with super high humidity and a plastic crapper parked on one lonely corner of the barge.... it was a very bad day for them all. I thanked my higher power for being the only one that wasn't going to need to use that thing that day.

[DBasher]

Rusto, just to fill you in and so you don't look silly.....we all use Greg's sh!tter! It's the Lat-G party wagon!

[CamaroMike]

I will see you boys in Colorado!

[rustomatic]

Originally Posted by DBasher

Rusto, just to fill you in and so you don't look silly.....we all use Greg's sh!tter! It's the Lat-G party wagon!

On this note, I usually try to maintain a safety radius around Greg's stuff, in case the brilliant shine of one of his cars blinds me--I could accidentally trip and scratch something, and then Greg would have to recycle my car for scraps to touch up his paint . . . this would be grotesquely inconvenient, even if I came equipped with a nice fluffy roller for paint touch-up.

Apparently, the foot-race idea is not an acceptable make-up for sucking in an autocross . . .

I could still win worst paint, or maybe even worst adhesion of stickers . . .

[pro71bird]

Originally Posted by craig510

My falcon was 3132# according to the SCCA scales at the Crows Landing tour event. I'm going to add about 70# of ballast so I can run with my people. It use to be a tick over 3000# before the 255 17s and the roll bar.

Craig,
Where or how do you add the ballast? Do you center the weight in the trunk or split it over the rear tires?

[craig510]

Originally Posted by pro71bird

Craig,
Where or how do you add the ballast? Do you center the weight in the trunk or split it over the rear tires?

I think I am going to bolt some 3/4" steel plates to my sub frame connectors in front of the rear wheels. I'm going to put it on the scales and try to get some better weight balance. If I run out of time I might just bolt some free weights to the floor under the carpet.