re: E21 Curb Weight

[Matthew Shaw <shawm@xxxxxxxxx>]

That's about right, my 83 weighs in at 2500 with
62' of welded in cage, w spare tire and jack and
no interior except a 18lb racing seat.  The cage
added about 170 lbs.  The 83 is the lightest e21
due to the tranny being smaller than earlyer ones,
but not much.

- -Matt


>Date: Sat, 05 Feb 2000 09:28:01 -0800
>From: Casper <tntcci@domain.elided>
>Subject: E21 Curb Weight- Is This Right?

>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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