69 camaro weight ???
 

Can anyone tell me what a 69 copo, yenko or a 375 hp car might weight? https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...lins/dunno.gif i have a 4 speed car,no scattershield. no options but power steering. thanks ! steve https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...ns/burnout.gif

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Around 3250 LBS

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thanks !
i've seen these articles on these shootouts. (F.A.S.T. ect..) i saw a couple with wieghts at like 3700-3870 with driver and that seemed kind of heavy to me. I guess i'll have to weight it at the track to get an exact weight.
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At the Pure Stock drags, our '69 Yenko Camaro, auto & PS, weighed in at 3740 with a 1/4 tank of gas and Rob as the driver (160 lbs). A little on the heavy side, but original sheetmetal, glass, etc.

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Yep. That weight was on a certified scale, and with a tank of gas it goes over 3800. It surprises a lot of people when I tell them, as it did me, but you'd be surprised at the number of cars running NHRA stock eliminator that can't get down to their published shipping weights...

If I remember correctly, Pete's ZL-1/auto Camaro is just shy of 3500, as is (was) JJ's L-78 Nova (4-speed).

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69 Camaro's could use a little Jenny Craig Diet compared to 67,68 cars .My Z weighs 3480 with no driver and about a 1/4 tank

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I may have been wrong on the weight? It has been 34 years since I had the car on a scale! I do remember putting a 100 pound battery in the trunk and a 100 pound piece of steel under the seat to get into C/MP https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...s/confused.gif

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If I remember correctly, Pete's ZL-1/auto Camaro is just shy of 3500, as is (was) JJ's L-78 Nova (4-speed).

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That is true, but remember that is with car and driver. I'm in the 200+ club.......................
Peter

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If you can find a feed mill or trucking company or someone that sells sand and gravel there in Sarasota you can probably get your car weighed before you go to the track. Around here people are usually real friendly when you show up with a nice looking car, and are quite receptive to weighing it for you.

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Definitely get on a certified scale somewhere. I've been everywhere from high-3400 to just shy of 3900 pounds, all in the same car, at different race tracks over the course of about 5 years. Kind of makes ya wonder how the REAL racers would deal with a 500 pound swing?!

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I don't know how it may work in other states, but here in Washington the truck weigh stations leave their scales up and running even when they are closed, to benefit truck drivers who want to make sure they are legal. https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...ns/naughty.gif
Just find a closed weigh station, and you normally have time to weigh each corner, each side, front, rear, and the whole enchilada! https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...lins/blush.gif
-Sam

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i've heard that the scales here at desoto drags in bradenton florida are about 25 lbs off. i can deal with that . i'm tring to get my car ready for super chevy in february. i added headers ,traction bars and slicks.
i'd like to run the F.A.S.T series eventually but
i'm not going to shoot myself in the foot and go try to run with those guys with a car that i've never had to the track! those guys are good!!! i'll run super chevy then go to exhaust manifolds ,bias plys and other stuff later! those cast iron headed big blocks are sure heavy !
thanks for the help guys! https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...lins/smile.gif
steve keech sarasota florida

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I have a book here. It's by Jim Osborn, 1969 camaro facts. It states that a base camaro V8 curb weight is 3145. I would add about 200 to 250 for the big block. I do not think you can get an accurate weight at a grain eleviator or a big truck scale. The reason for this is in the late 80's I started doing a mach up of my car. At this time I would use Allied Van line scales. They would be off 100 to 200lbs in eather direction. Truck scales are designed to weight heavy trucks ( 10,000 and up ) not cars (3,000 to 4,000 lbs) If you have a state inspection(??) station they should have some scales there. Go to a race track scales ther should be with in 50lbs or so. Rob, I'll answer your questions PM.
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Re scales: I tend to trust the "certified" scales more than the track scales. I live across the street from the feed store, and see the MoDOT(?) weights/measures periodically checking the scale. It has to be within 10 pounds at any point on the scale, which is somewhere in the neighborhood of 90 feet or so long. No matter where on that 90 feet they put that weight, it had better be within 10 pounds, or they lose their certification. They can also lose their certification by not being "certified" for 5(?) consecutive years...to regain their certification they must then be 100% correct. As I said above, I've seen a range of 400+ pounds using track scales. But having known what my car weighs on a certified scale I now know which track scales are right and which aren't...

Hey Pete: just think, you might have that white car in the 11's by now if you'd have been drinkin' "Lite" all these years! https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...ns/naughty.gif

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The variation in scales depends on whether they are buying stuff from you or selling it to you. Our COPO Chevelle weighed 3700 with half a tank of gas. That was on scales belonging to a guy who sells you stuff so it might be a little high. https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...mlins/wink.gif