Ben Waite

I have done a lot of searching to find the actual weight of a 86 944 NA. My car was repainted and all of the factory stickers have been removed,so i don't know it's original weight. I took it to the local dump today to have it weighed, and was surprised at it's still very heavy weight. There has been a lot of work done to bring the weight down and yet still seems heavy. It weighed in at 2740lbs.

xschop

I weighed my 85.5 at 2930 lbs on certified scales. After removing the AC, WS fluid reservoir, hood latch, then sticking in an iron block V8 w/alum heads....2980 lbs with 3/4 full tank of gas.

James Chimney

85.5 na 2920lb at my local dump too. never did much to lighten, yellow Koni's x 4, 968 sways front and rear.

ritzblitz

How accurate are dump scales?? The scale at my local scrap yard is "certified" but going on the scales 4 times over the day, there was +/- 50lbs on the vehicle+trailer weight IIRC

John_AZ

Curb weight on my '87 924S=2635#s

A few others listed...
like '88 944 2.7=2844#s

http://www.carfolio.com/specificatio...car/?car=33803

John

rgs944

Did you get rid of the pad under the rear hatch carpet?

bgiere

about 2950 with fuel, oil, etc.

mazdaverx7

Porsche lists the weight in the factory brochure as 2778lbs

Ben Waite

the scale at my dump is used by the military, so i'm sure its certified. her is what was done: all carpet removed, all sound deadening removed, door panels replaced with lightweight aluminum panels, dashboard removed and aluminum and carbon fiber dash installed, seats replaced with lightweight race style seats,A/c removed,all power steering removed. And probably more just can't think of it all.

racer

And were you still sitting in the car?

bottom line is these are just heavy cars. Maybe thats why so many are still around.

Ben Waite

No i was not in the car and there was no spare tire or jack in the car. Basically anything that isn't necessary for the car to run is gone.

Ben Waite

Not even a radio in the car. I like to here the engine.

kombatrok

mine weighed in at 27xx... I cant remember exactly. Scale was certified at +/- 50lbs

mclaudio

My 86 944 Cup car was under 2490 pounds (without driver and with a couple of gallons of fuel) at the end of a qualifying session earlier this year.

Ben Waite

So i guess 2740 isn't that bad, do you think it's the galvanized steel that makes them so heavy?