Re: E21 Curb Weight- Is This Right?

["Edward R. Walker" <erwalker@xxxxxxxx>]

Hi Jeff,
the weight of your e21 is pretty well spot on with BWW's specs.  A 5er of
similar vintage is only about 3200 lbs, well under your friend's estimate.

Ed Walker
'80 323i (2447 lbs)
'72 tii  (2290 lbs)
 

>hey all,
>
>last saturday i weighed my "83 320i on a truck scale. it weighed 1340 at
>the front axle and 1060 at the rear (56/44 weight bias). this is only
>2400 lbs! the car doesn't look that light, but maybe that explains the
>30 mpg.
>
>funny thing is, i was thinking of autocrossing the car while waiting for
>a set of wheels to come in for my datsun 280zx that i normally race. my
>friend was giving me a hard time about trying to race such a heavy car.
>he estimated the weight at about 3500 lbs. i told him i thought it only
>weighed about 2900 lbs, since that's about what it feels like to me. i
>called him up right away to put him in his place.
>
>anyone else ever weighed their cars? this caught me by suprise.
>
>- -jeff
>

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