Weighing The Car. Finally Got It Done.

[J-Boy]

Hi there...anyone here knows where i can get my car weighed and how much it would cost? I wanna know how much weight my car has lost as it's been lightened quite a bit.

And would anyone care to share how much a stock standard GTR 32 would weigh? I have done some research and it seems that it is around 1450-1480kg is that right?

Cheers!

Edited August 17, 2006 by J-Boy

[BH_SLO32]

Hi there...anyone here knows where i can get my car weighed and how much it would cost? I wanna know how much weight my car has lost as it's been lightened quite a bit.

And would anyone care to share how much a stock standard GTR 32 would weigh? I have done some research and it seems that it is around 1450-1480kg is that right?

Cheers!

I take my cars to the dump to get weighed. The dump adjacent to the Mt Cotton driver training centre has a weigh bridge and it didn't cost me a cent. My old R32 4 door passage weighed in at 1480kg, my old R32 weighed in at 1350kg and my 4 door 1990 Aust delivered base model R31 weighed in at 1350kg also. These weights are with less than 1/2 tank of fuel and exclude my weight.

I would expect a standard R32 GTR to weigh in at about 1450 - 1500kg which is consistent with info I have read over the years. Keen to see what your car weighs so let us know how it goes.

Cheers

[J-Boy]

Thanx fer the info mate...but wot do u exactly mean by a dump? And any directions fer me to get there? Or like wots the road name/address of the mt.cotton driving center?

Well i'm expecting to weight in at less than 1400kg, but by how much im not too sure, if i had 17" volk racing TE37 rims instead of my 18" work meister S1, that would make more difference too~

[digitobi]

Thanx fer the info mate...but wot do u exactly mean by a dump? And any directions fer me to get there? Or like wots the road name/address of the mt.cotton driving center?

Well i'm expecting to weight in at less than 1400kg, but by how much im not too sure, if i had 17" volk racing TE37 rims instead of my 18" work meister S1, that would make more difference too~

he means the local council dump hehe. where u go to throw away stuff. dunno how u can get it for free tho?? maybe just go up get it weighed then say "huh? what am i doing here?"

[MountainRunner]

I have the R32 GTR OEM Manual and it says: Kerb Weight: 1530kg

I was thinking of buying a set of corner scales for use at track day and having a small fee for use to help pay for them. Anyone think this is a good idea ?

Paul

[Col-GTSX]

I just took mine to Sims metal at Northgate (Crockford street) and poped it on their weigh bridge (needed to know weight for hill climb).

Anyways they were very cool with it all. They just cracked joke about me donating it to scrap and thats where it should go and Holdens are better and so forth...

Them metal workers... Every second work is F this and F that... LOL

[J-Boy]

Well i have finally got the weighing of my GTR32 done at SIMS metal on their weighbridge, car weighed in at 1410kg. This is fully loaded with all liquids and a FULL tank of petrol, excluding my weight.

This is without rear seats and panels, no rear speakers, no boot panels, no air-con, no carpeting, no spare tyre, has a rear half cage, 2 x bride zeta2 full bucket seats, 18x9 work meister s1, titanium front pipes and other miscellenous lightweight parts. Think a cat-back titanium instead of stainless steel, cf bonnet and doors, and even lighter 17" wheels will set it easily to around 1350kg or thereabouts, fully loaded with liquids and a full tank of petrol.

Edited August 18, 2006 by J-Boy

[neil_se]

I know where you can get some CF doors, guards and bonnet

[J-Boy]

Yeah i saw yer thread in the fer sales section...too bad i dont have the extra dough, if not ill definitely get them off ya!

[9krpm]

mine was around 1450 with audio equipments and air cond

so our cars are around similar weight but I am a bit heavier than you

I think you have to carrry lead weight next time we track Jyo

J/K is your g-box fixed yet?

[J-Boy]

9krpm: Heya Dan~hahaha but u have more power and definitely much bigger brakes on yer gtr... well i have not gotten the gearbox done yet, waiting on my 20% repco voucher to purchase the list of castrol oils for the gearbox,lsd and transfer case, cuz totalling up they cost over 300 bucks so 20% would mean savings of over 60bucks...lol...but recently my 32 box has been acting "strangely"...but in a good way, that is it's working normally...haha...well maybe it can sense its gonna be replaced soon...

How's yer car going? Got yer clutch done yet? Any luck with semislick prices?

Edited August 18, 2006 by J-Boy

[r_speedfreak_r]

lol how do you make a pure track car better, just add carbon fibre. Lamborgini's have nothing on you j-boy I have a titanium cat back exhaust on mine. Personally i think it makes a big difference to the note. Differs from every other skyline with a 3" exhuast

[9krpm]

9krpm: Heya Dan~hahaha but u have more power and definitely much bigger brakes on yer gtr... well i have not gotten the gearbox done yet, waiting on my 20% repco voucher to purchase the list of castrol oils for the gearbox,lsd and transfer case, cuz totalling up they cost over 300 bucks so 20% would mean savings of over 60bucks...lol...but recently my 32 box has been acting "strangely"...but in a good way, that is it's working normally...haha...well maybe it can sense its gonna be replaced soon...

How's yer car going? Got yer clutch done yet? Any luck with semislick prices?

heheehhe but you got more useable midrange and chunky 18" semi....I think I am going to smell your smoke next sprint day...better bring some nice perfume along for my car

lol about your box, I think the partially damaged synchros are playing trick on ya. I think it feels ok lately because you've been engaging gears on the parts where the synchros are still healthy.....just by rotational chance.

yes my clutch is fixed now. Gavin Wood is very good and extremely helpful. He even found a faulty/damaged crank angle sensor on my car. Naturally this was replaced too More reason to find a second job to support my gtr hobby

I am trying to order some re55s from adelaide but nothing is promising at this stage.

lol how do you make a pure track car better, just add carbon fibre. Lamborgini's have nothing on you j-boy I have a titanium cat back exhaust on mine. Personally i think it makes a big difference to the note. Differs from every other skyline with a 3" exhuast

that's the reason I took my titanium exhaust off and put a 3.5" stainless on. The note is different but it is just too loud on the street

[J-Boy]

heheehhe but you got more useable midrange and chunky 18" semi....I think I am going to smell your smoke next sprint day...better bring some nice perfume along for my car

lol about your box, I think the partially damaged synchros are playing trick on ya. I think it feels ok lately because you've been engaging gears on the parts where the synchros are still healthy.....just by rotational chance.

yes my clutch is fixed now. Gavin Wood is very good and extremely helpful. He even found a faulty/damaged crank angle sensor on my car. Naturally this was replaced too More reason to find a second job to support my gtr hobby

I am trying to order some re55s from adelaide but nothing is promising at this stage.

that's the reason I took my titanium exhaust off and put a 3.5" stainless on. The note is different but it is just too loud on the street

Lol well i am considering downsizing to 255/40/17 or 265/40/17(if there are any, only found 275/40/17) to get a small rolling diameter to get even more acceleration but yet stay with as thick a contact patch i can have...i don't think u will be far off dan....think ive got to keep a fair distance if im behind u, i wouldnt be able to pull up in time with yer APs! well but its just all in the good name of fun out on the track~

Yeah i know its probably just rotational chance that the synchro in 4th is going in now n then...well gotta wait till i get hold of that repco 20% voucher before i get all the oils n drop the other gearbox in...too bad gavin is far away from me...cant be travelling up n down to the coast all the time to see him...

As fer the semis i might have some good news..just gotta hold on a bit more n wait to hear back next week...if u do get hold of good prices, do let me know too~u know the sizes im after yeah?

Well speedfreak..i do like titanium exhausts as well..its true that the note is distinct, and they are much lighter....well ive got the front titanium pipes, uve got the catback, we should put them together.. Well i think that the noise is still bearable, not that bad yet...maybe cuz im used to it... But yeah gotta love them when they turn all purplish when they get hot....

[r_speedfreak_r]

lol about your box, I think the partially damaged synchros are playing trick on ya. I think it feels ok lately because you've been engaging gears on the parts where the synchros are still healthy.....just by rotational chance.

you know thats a pretty crazy statement, when you think about how fast your engine is spinning per second let alone per minute and how long it takes to select a gear. I think your just learning to use your gearbox without synchros, soon you wont even need your clutch

[9krpm]

that's true too, if you speed match the gears or gentle on the shift then you don't work the synchro as much. However the gear will only engages easily if that section of the synchro is not bent or damaged. If the synchro is bent or damaged, then you will still get a harsh sensation up the gear stick

[J-Boy]

Yeah does make sense...well i dont get much sensation and even when it does grind cuz its just a very minor grind, it still goes in pretty easy and doesn't come back out...even in 4th it still revs up normally, oh well but me matching the spinning of the gears and the synchros..lol i dont think so manz, how i wish i had a ppg dog box... well all in all just wanna get the other gearbox into the car soon as i can....

[mad082]

do you know what increments the weighbridge went up in? some go up in 10kg jumps, other 20, 30, 50, etc. so depending on what the jump was can determin whether it may have been more.

for example, if it goes up in 50kg increments and your car weighs 1490kg, it will say the car weighs 1450kg.

[Col-GTSX]

Sims metal at northgate can go up in 5kg increments...