After 37 years your bound to get a little fat ?

F Body · January 28, 2009, 03:50:48 PM

Jeeze

That's pounds weight

F Body · January 28, 2009, 03:54:25 PM

Roadkill · January 28, 2009, 04:03:14 PM

Whoa !

My '83 was the third lightest Camaro ever made !

It'll be the lightest when I'm done.

Flip Martian · January 28, 2009, 04:28:27 PM

Why was the last 2002 model so much heavier than my 1999 model?

HardRockCamaro · January 28, 2009, 04:29:17 PM

What spec cars are these numbers from?

I assume they're the lightest of each type?

Which means the old big block cars might close the gap on the modern alloy v8's.

art b · January 28, 2009, 06:49:58 PM

and there was me thinking marti had put on a pound.....

that 5th gen is still a fookin gr8 lookin car.....

Amey · January 29, 2009, 01:41:02 AM

Quoting: Flip Martian

Why was the last 2002 model so much heavier than my 1999 model?

And my 1996 is heavier than the year before and the 4 years after

Quoting: F Body

A little eye Candy 1st Gen :

:drool:

F Body · January 29, 2009, 02:44:41 AM

Quoting: Roadkill

My '83 was the third lightest Camaro ever made !

It'll be the lightest when I'm done.

Well I don't remember seeing the factory " DELETE ~ Heater Option "

Roadkill · January 29, 2009, 03:21:32 AM

Quoting: F Body

Well I don't remember seeing the factory " DELETE ~ Heater Option "

No, that was definately a customer special.

Big Mouse · January 29, 2009, 04:50:48 AM

Its easy to see the difference all that extra electrical stuff in modern cars makes to the weight - I was absolutely amazed at the weight of the stuff I pulled out of the camaro

Roadkill · January 29, 2009, 05:21:17 AM

Even more surprising as the later cars had many plastic panels to theoretically reduce the weight.

F Body · January 29, 2009, 07:46:29 AM

Quoting: Roadkill

Even more surprising as the later cars had many plastic panels to theoretically reduce the weight.

Can't remember the actual weight of a 4th Gen polypropylene door, but it's nearly double a steel one

Thats is because the plastic has to be many times thicker to have the required rigidity

Titsy · January 29, 2009, 08:08:49 AM

Quoting: F Body

Can't remember the actual weight of a 4th Gen polypropylene door, but it's nearly double a steel one

Thats is because the plastic has to be many times thicker to have the required rigidity

I though they were heavier because of the ma-husive side impact bar, and the polypropylene was to reduce the weight to compensate....

Titsy · January 29, 2009, 08:10:01 AM

Quoting: Big Mouse

Its easy to see the difference all that extra electrical stuff in modern cars makes to the weight - I was absolutely amazed at the weight of the stuff I pulled out of the camaro

This is why CAN-Bus is in common use now, to reduce copper weight and complexity of wiring...

Titsy · January 29, 2009, 08:12:15 AM

I'm very surprised that the move to an Aluminium block in '98 didn't reduce the weight.... Unless they are looking at V6 cars

F Body · January 29, 2009, 01:02:05 PM

Quoting: Titsy

I'm very surprised that the move to an Aluminium block in '98 didn't reduce the weight....

Mine weighs 1680kg fully fueled - weighed on our DOT weigh bridge

So that's 3,703 lb's which is about right on the graph

Titsy · January 29, 2009, 01:36:44 PM

Quoting: F Body

Mine weighs 1680kg fully fueled - weighed on our DOT weigh bridge

So that's 3,703 lb's which is about right on the graph

So where the hell did the extra fat come from...

It must have lost loads of weight over the iron block of '97 yet it gets heavier...

F Body · January 29, 2009, 02:00:47 PM

Quoting: F Body

Mine weighs 1680kg fully fueled -

Sorry just double checked my files and it was 1,645kg with a full tank of fuel

= 3,626lb's

F Body · January 29, 2009, 02:04:41 PM

Quoting: Titsy

It must have lost loads of weight over the iron block of '97 yet it gets heavier...

Dammed if I know because the basis chassis structure dates back to the '82 3rd Gen which was only about 3,000lb's

So that's an overall increase of 272kg = About 3 male adults

Roadkill · January 30, 2009, 03:19:30 AM

Quoting: F Body

About 3 male adults

At over 90kgs each I'm guessing you mean three fatties, don't you ?

Incursus · January 30, 2009, 04:04:48 AM

Quoting: Roadkill

Quoting: F Body
About 3 male adults

At over 90kgs each I'm guessing you mean three fatties, don't you ?

Yeah! thats almost 2 of me

F Body · January 30, 2009, 05:20:33 AM

Quoting: Roadkill

At over 90kgs each I'm guessing you mean three fatties, don't you ?

Well actually I was thinking one Edge

Incursus · January 30, 2009, 05:25:35 AM

F Body · January 30, 2009, 12:33:09 PM

Time for another "sad" Pace car special production version