Lightweight All Motd

[Guest warwick7735]

HI ALL

Thought this would interesting to all LW builders, had the LW weigheed at the local weighbridge today on the way to it's MOT (passed with flying colours, the brakes were rated at 97percent, a pass is 60). All up weight with windscreen, spare wheel & full tank of fuel was 610kgs, I was hoping for less than that but considering it's got the pinto fitted I knew it wasn't going to be a super LW.

 

Warwick

[Guest Battery Bill]

Any piccys Warwick?

 

Well done on the MOT good luck with the big one

[Guest salty_monk]

Hmmm not much lighter than a series 3... About the same as a Westfield...

 

[Guest DRC7]

Hi junk the windscreen spare wheel wiper motor washer bottle and you will have a 500 kg lightweight this is what i will be doing to mine

 

 

did they like the lightweight any problems

 

 

Lightweight builder Dale

[Snapperpaul]

I will be corrected but i think fuel weighs a kilo per litre the spare about 10k and the pinto is about 30k heavier than a Zetec, so 560k dry and no spare 530k with a lighter lump is not far off the target weight.

 

Just keep on the slimfast for that extra weight saving

[Guest docter fox]

now if I pull some more bits off mine...

 

glad to see it's coming together ok

[Guest salty_monk]

yes... 1kg per litre is correct for fuel.. same as water.

 

I make that 580 dry... 570 no spare, take off another 10 for the screen...

 

30kg sounds a lot, pinto is 60kg & you don't have the weight of additional swirl pot, fuel pumps etc.....

 

Dale, think you're being optimistic mate.... what are you running again a bored out 1.6L Pinto??

 

I would say Scottmac with his Duratec & Aluminium uprights & brakes might make somewhere close to 500kg especially if he used kevlar unpadded seats but otherwise it's going to be difficult to shave off 110kg.

 

Dan

[Guest TerryBarry]

I think you'll find that the density of petrol is approx 0.74 g/cc (0.74 Kg/Litre)

See HERE

[Snapperpaul]

Salty you are right, i was confusing Lb with Kg

[Guest ReadingTrev]

Hi Warwick,

 

Congratulations on your MOT pass, when do you hope to book the SVA test?

 

 

Trevor.

[Guest DRC7]

mmmmmmmmmmmmm it seems a bit heavy where did you get it weighed

[Guest warwick7735]

Hi

If anybody gets a LW to under 500kgs using a car engine I will be surprised, I got no wipers fitted or washer pump as I took those off prior to MOT, I never even installed the electric fan on the rad. The only way really i could of saved weight would be to

1. Install a lighter motor

2. remove the carpet and trim which I fitted

3. Junk the spare wheel.

 

But even doing all the above, I dont think youd lose the 110kgs necessary.

 

I was disappointed because I was hoping for 500kgs approx

 

Warwick

[Grim]

where did you get it weighed?

someone recently had their 2b weighed at sva and it came to 550kg, so it's possible that it may not be accurate...

[Guest warwick7735]

Hi

Had it weighed at a public weighbridge, scales are all electric with a digital reading. The police use it rergularly to weigh lorries etc.

 

Warwick

[Guest Battery Bill]

mmmmmmmmmmmmm it seems a bit heavy where did you get it weighed

 

Sounds like someone does not want to believe his car might not really be a "Lightweight" after all

 

Never mind Dale at least its lighter then the 2B (Just)