Had the 172 on a weighbridge

[Greeny.]

Big thanks to LouisQ for getting me on here! Very helpful

Car came in at 1020kg on the dot with just under half a tank of fuel, so probably just over 20 litres.

Anyone know a rough figure without that 20l of fuel?

I thought this was a good figure for a ph2 that has the doors cards, speakers, headunit and basicly everything still up front!

 

[Fletcher]

That does sound light.

 

[Jay Payne]

20litres of fuel is about 14kgs

 

[Greeny.]

20litres of fuel is about 14kgs

Awesome, so say 10kg to be safe then, 1010kg ph2 172, im well happy with that Shame I add 80kg to it lol

Edit: wtf 80Kg, weighed myself this morning and I was 11 stone, but 80kg is like 12.6stone!

 

[Jay Payne]

Still loads to come off that if you so wish

 

[Greeny.]

Still loads to come off that if you so wish

One day yes but it will do for the time being as its the daily driver There are aloads of bits I want to rip out tbh.

 

[Ollie82.]

Wow that is light. Thats a fatty bombatty Ph2 as well? Partially stripped i take?

My Cup can't be far off the 1000kgs mark then.

 

[Greeny.]

Rear end is totally stripped and I have slightly ligher seats than standards, plus lighter wheels, about it really.

 

[Ollie82.]

Mine is still with rear seltbelt reels but its got slightly lighter seats and obviously no air so i'd hope that would get it a few kg's under what yours weighs.

Need to find me a weighbridge!

 

[Greeny.]

No air? How do you breath!?

 

[tyranical]

You can lose another 25kg if you let me drive it instead tbh.

Just curious, i wonder how much weight you could save if you made the car airtight, sucked all the air out so it was a vacuum and kept a bubble of air round your head with a feed through the roof to keep you alive.

gotta be a few kilograms right there

 

[Ollie82.]

Snorkel and a hole thru the roof.

 

[Greeny.]

You can lose another 25kg if you let me drive it instead tbh.

lol, I only weigh 70kg max! Musta been my sunday lunch

 

[tyranical]

lol, I only weigh 70kg max! Musta been my sunday lunch

I know mate, i weigh 45. lol.

 

[Jay Payne]

One day yes but it will do for the time being as its the daily driver There are aloads of bits I want to rip out tbh.

Wise move, 5hours in mine the weekend made me very pissed off, fell out of love with it now

 

[LouisQ]

No worries Dan. Its always exciting getting cars on the weighbridge. Especially when the results are pleasing I decided i do love my car very much on the way home

 

[shiyan]

what sort of places have weighbridges, besides race shops that do corner balancing?

 

[Jay Payne]

scrap metal dealers

 

[p@blo]

Landfill sites

 

[Whisker biscuit]

What weight do they come in at out of the factory ?

 

[Dave..]

One of our suppliers at work has a weighbridge, just round the corner from us as well, may have to order something small and go and collect it tomorrow...

On another note, I'm a proper skinny fecker and weigh 85kg, you lot must be made of skin and bone!

 

[Phil_hill]

Did you sit in the car? - if so you dont weigh 20 stone do you?

 

[marinemackay2003]

do they usually charge for use of a weight bridge?

 

[Daz.]

still lardy compared to the last time I had my semi stripped Williams on the scales...

Keep finding myself on pistonheads looking again

 

[Mike_182]

And you got slightly lighter doorcards!

 

[Greeny.]

Did you sit in the car? - if so you dont weigh 20 stone do you?

I weigh just over 11 stone.

still lardy compared to the last time I had my semi stripped Williams on the scales...

Keep finding myself on pistonheads looking again

Yeah but it aint a death trap, sorry I mean mk1

And you got slightly lighter doorcards!

lol yes Mike!

 

[Greeny.]

What weight do they come in at out of the factory ?

Taken from another thread, I think this list is quite accurate.

MK1 172 - 1035kg
Mk2 172 - 1110kg
172 Cup - 1011kg
182 - 1110kg
182 Cup - 1090kg
182 Trophy - 1075kg

think that is pretty much right!

 

[Whisker biscuit]

Originally Posted by Matt X2C
MK1 172 - 1035kg
Mk2 172 - 1110kg
172 Cup - 1011kg
182 - 1110kg
182 Cup - 1090kg
182 Trophy - 1075kg

think that is pretty much right!

That surprises me that a ph1 is the lightest out of the factory

 

[medici999]

what are the simplest things to do to the 182 to save weight? remove spare tyre?

 

[Whisker biscuit]

what are the simplest things to do to the 182 to save weight? remove spare tyre?

Id say that would be the easiest lol or have no petrol in it would be right and easy as well :rasp:

 

[medici999]

haha...apart from that i guess its just back seat job.

 

[FlamingMonkey]

Originally Posted by Matt X2C
MK1 172 - 1035kg
Mk2 172 - 1110kg
172 Cup - 1011kg
182 - 1110kg
182 Cup - 1090kg
182 Trophy - 1075kg

think that is pretty much right!

That surprises me that a ph1 is the lightest out of the factory

Not using my eyes they are not :lolup:

 

[Whisker biscuit]

Not using my eyes they are not :lolup:

oops

 

[Andyman]

Originally Posted by Matt X2C
MK1 172 - 1035kg
Mk2 172 - 1110kg
172 Cup - 1011kg
182 - 1110kg
182 Cup - 1090kg
182 Trophy - 1075kg

think that is pretty much right!

That surprises me that a ph1 is the lightest out of the factory

Thought the ph1 's where 1089kg's ? Surely cant be 1035 anyway because the seats weigh 30kg's and theres plenty of stripped out ph1's and not many reported to be running under a tonne?

Not convinced about those figures :S

 

[shiyan]

what are the simplest things to do to the 182 to save weight? remove spare tyre?

I thought 182s didn't have a spare tyre due to the dual exit exhaust?

Thought the ph1 's where 1089kg's ? Surely cant be 1035 anyway because the seats weigh 30kg's and theres plenty of stripped out ph1's and not many reported to be running under a tonne?

Not convinced about those figures :S

My ph1 weighed in at 1060kg with 30L of fuel, and assorted junk in the car, spare wheel, jack, etc

The hood is aluminium, checked using a fridge magnet.

Shouldn't be easy to get under a ton: spare wheel, toolkit, rear seats should be sufficient, if the front seats were changed, interior taken out, aircon removed, would be quite a bit under 1 ton

 

[ben81]

what are the simplest things to do to the 182 to save weight? remove spare tyre?

No spare! You could chuck the can of tyre foam and save 300g or so lol!
Rear bench and pass. seats easiset I think?

 

[Timmay]

i can see why my 182 is called a full fat lol

 

[Lewb]

My 51 plate ph2 172 didn't come with cruise control or half of the gadgets that I assume they are meant to, I wonder what that weighed.

 

[Greeny.]

My 51 plate ph2 172 didn't come with cruise control or half of the gadgets that I assume they are meant to, I wonder what that weighed.

Same as mine then! The extra gadgets started 52 onwards, no difference on weight really though, still go by the Ph2 172 figure.

 

[Snails]

I never realised how much lighter the ph1's were over ph2s. Not that it makes a whole lot of difference.