Chassis weight

[Wiisass]

Does anyone know what a totally bare chassis weighs? Like no glass, no subframes, nothing at all bolted to the chassis itself?

[victorw210]

why does this matter?

theres a car weight thread somewhere look around about how low you can make the full car weigh

[racepar1]

He just wants to know it for reference, and I am interested to know as well.

[IIIXziuR]

*Time to bust out the bathrooms scales*

[PITCH]

My Guesstimate

800lbs-1100 lbs?

[Gnnr]

I'm guessing a wrecking yard or auto metal recycling center may know

[Wiisass]

So if no one knows. Does anyone have a totally bare chassis that they could possible weigh?

800-1100 is probably way high, at least I would hope so.

[KA24DESOneThree]

I'd guess the bare chassis is about 800-1000lbs as well, maybe as low at 650lbs. Modern cars just don't get very light because of crash testing.

I think I have a friend with a totally bare chassis. I'll talk to him and see what I can do about borrowing some scales too.

[Def]

No ideas on the specifics, but I think I remember someone posting that their E36 M3 chassis was about 580 lbs before acid dipping it. You can get an S13 lighter than those, and they aren't as stiff, so I'd imagine it's less than that.

I have no idea if I'm remembering that number correctly, but it jumps out in my mind.

[drivefaster]

That would be fun to know, a complete stock 240sx hatch is 2685 lbs, funny, thats the very same as my full race tube chassie Chevy GT-1.

[Wiisass]

I'd guess the bare chassis is about 800-1000lbs as well, maybe as low at 650lbs. Modern cars just don't get very light because of crash testing.

I think I have a friend with a totally bare chassis. I'll talk to him and see what I can do about borrowing some scales too.

That would be amazing. Please let me know if you can.

The main reason this has sparked my interest is because I junked an Mk3 supra the other day. It had a little rust and I didn't want to fix it and the owner of E-town gave me another one anyway. So I totally stripped it for spare parts and selling the crap and took it to scrap. It only weighed 550lbs. And being 3500lbs stock, that really surprised me. So that's why I was really curious as to what an S13 would weigh.

Def, if that number for the E36 is right and then comparing it with the Supra number, I could see the 240 bare chassis being definitely sub-500, maybe low to mid 400.

[Hashiriya415]

i have a s13 coupe i'm parting out , if anyone has a scale or some scales that we can measure it out let me know, I'm locate in S.F.
Also if anyone wants the chassis i'll sell it or trade for some parts

[DDSR240]

my buddies bare s13, no glass no sub frame not 1 single bolt/nut or wire weighed in at 613 pounds...he is currently doing a restoration and a guy in kings mountain nc is doing all the body work .. hes pretty good he does alot of Barret jackson cars. Hope that helps.

[DDSR240]

Sorry I left out the fact it was an 89 coupe no sunroof and power nothing lol

[projectRDM]

I don't know details but when I sold my old car (96 SE) it was stripped bare, no glass, bolts, nuts, wiring, anything, and the kid who bought it and I loaded it on a trailer by ourselves. I figure I'm good for about 250lbs lifting, so maybe 500lbs or so total between us both. He was a young kid but pretty big for his size.