power to weight comparison - Page 2

zx2guy · 03-03-2006, 06:21 PM

3000 gt's weighed 1740 kilos.... anybody body got a conversion ratio and a calculator?

edit: it equals out to be 3157 lbs.

deadbolt_35 · 03-03-2006, 06:29 PM

just go to www.onlineconversion.com

it 3836lbs......which has already been established

zx2guy · 03-03-2006, 06:40 PM

HA oops, the site i checked out with the poundage must not have been the turbo awd.

kman10587 · 03-03-2006, 07:25 PM

Yep, those twin turbos and AWD system (not to mention all the bullshit gizmoes and gadgets that come with the VR-4) really weigh it down.

zx2guy · 03-04-2006, 07:43 PM

did the same to the dsm's my laser (1.8 stick) me and 4 or 5 good sized friends could pick it up (not high but the wheels were off the ground) but those awd dsms were heavy and you could really feel it in the corners... sure they had the handling but you could feel the extra 700+ lbs. that includes the extra sound material, extra reinforceing, the equipment... and all those extra doodads.

blakscorpion21 · 03-06-2006, 12:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Fuzzy_C

power to weight doesn't really matter when you have gearing and torque on your side, take me for instance, i got my 80 trans am, 301, bone stock, 150hp, 3700lbs, yet i can humiliate a 250hp honda civic from a solid launch or rolling start, i actually heard one guy after a race say to his friend "he must have a 454 in that thing" lol, very, very few people know what i actually got under my hood, but if they found out it's a stock 301, they'd go trade in their mustang in a heartbeat.

and the 150hp is just what a book said the engine should have stock, so it probly has even less than that.

theres no way a 150hp 3700lb car will beat a 250hp 2600~lb car. and i doubt a 301 is only putting down 150 horses, thats pathetic. but i dont care how much torque you have, you will NOT beat a car with 100 more hp and over 1000 less lbs.

sportscar35 · 09-11-2009, 10:20 PM

a lighter car with less horse is a better idea it takes way less hp to go as fast in a light car and with a smaller engine the car will weigh even less so you will end up paying less for a lighter can and still go just as fast plus you get better handleing breaking and acceleration

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