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So for anyone who wants to know a 100% standard williams with a quarter of a tank of optimax and spare wheel, jack, boot carpet removed weighs exactly.......
960kg!
I was a bit pee'd with that to be honest - TOO HEAVY! :lol:
drsmith1979
29-07-2007, 18:22
eye that is a bit surprising!
I think thats bang on......pretty light for a 2.0 hatch
Dancliovalver
29-07-2007, 19:14
yeah i thought they were about 970kg standard, so thats not too bad is it??
980kg std iirc, so a decent saving there!
I think thats bang on......pretty light for a 2.0 hatch
Aye I suppose - its just weight matters more with light weight hatches, every kg makes the world of difference!
Dancliovalver
29-07-2007, 20:35
get strippin then mate :lol: :gay: :eeek:
Chris n`nic
29-07-2007, 21:33
Where did you weigh it m8? I wouldn't mind finding out how heavy my Cup is....
Chris
That's pretty good. Check out what it's quoted as in the handbook. :shock:
Mine was exactly 1000kg with a full tank of fuel and everything apart from the spare.
what do the stripped/semi stripped ones get down to?
About 900 kilos without resorting to stuff like cutting metal out, getting rid of the whole dash and using poly carb windows.
not bad that, i'd prefere semi stripped like that tbh
About 900 kilos without resorting to stuff like cutting metal out, getting rid of the whole dash and using poly carb windows.
thats exactly how mine is :D 900kg:
2 buckets on subframes
no rear seats, shelf
underlay under carpet and tar stuff removed
spare and cage out
1/4 tank of fuel ( always run around that for weight reasons :wink: )
supersprint and coilovers which are both lighter than oe items
still have all glass in and std heavy bonnet, all window/wiper motors, all doorcards, no metal cut, heavy willy wheels :wink: etc
drsmith1979
30-07-2007, 17:40
what sort of difference does the tar stuff make with regards to in car noise? wouldnt mind doing some semi stripping but would also like to have some form of 'standardness' and pop the seats back in and carpet etc.. without it sounding like a bake bean tin
Mr.AdamB
30-07-2007, 18:38
that tar stuff makes road noise bit noisyer but not MUCH if u got a semistripped car u may as well take it out its about 8kgs worth of shiit u dont need :P
my oldwhite 16v was 860kgs but that was pretty much fully stripped bar perspex and carbonbonnet and cutting! so culd have wasily got it down to 840 kg
dun wat my current 1 weighs ill weigh it nxt weekend. :P
valverJam
30-07-2007, 19:14
Where did you weigh it m8? I wouldn't mind finding out how heavy my Cup is....
Chris
im gonna take mine to the local scrapyard for weighing it, theres usually always a weighing bridge so you can drive on, get it weighed, remove your bag of copper or whatever then they re-weigh it get your exact weight.
Mr.AdamB
30-07-2007, 19:26
get mine weighed at local scrappy on the weigh brige.
Laine_16v
30-07-2007, 19:32
get mine weighed at local scrappy on the weigh brige.
Ready for the scrapper? :lol:
Twas the tip in Bolton Chris was just chucking one of the missus' bed side cabinets - asked if I could check the weight of the car on the way out...
How much does the boot tar weigh?
I'd quite like to remove it to treat the whole floor pan of the boot and repaint...
Mr.AdamB
31-07-2007, 17:10
boot tar is about 2.5kg
boot tar is about 2.5kg
Bah I'll just lose that off my arse :lol:
Twas the tip in Bolton Chris was just chucking one of the missus' bed side cabinets - asked if I could check the weight of the car on the way out...
How much does the boot tar weigh?
I'd quite like to remove it to treat the whole floor pan of the boot and repaint...
Its suprising what the tar hides underneith.. worth taking off for floor inspection, if cars being kept long term.
It weighs 12kg thats all the floor and door and roof stuff.
more tar under the carpets :wink: from what i remember williams have extra tar plastered on the wheel archs and around the fuel pump area
Mr.AdamB
31-07-2007, 21:56
yeah 12kg got the phases with more tar sum have ALOT more than others the mk1 ph1 have bugger all tar compared to the ph2s etc!! all my tar was bout 8kg
Twas the tip in Bolton Chris was just chucking one of the missus' bed side cabinets - asked if I could check the weight of the car on the way out...
How much does the boot tar weigh?
I'd quite like to remove it to treat the whole floor pan of the boot and repaint...
Its suprising what the tar hides underneith.. worth taking off for floor inspection, if cars being kept long term.
It weighs 12kg thats all the floor and door and roof stuff.
Good point there mister... I'll have to get it up :D
About 900 kilos without resorting to stuff like cutting metal out, getting rid of the whole dash and using poly carb windows.
thats exactly how mine is :D 900kg:
2 buckets on subframes
no rear seats, shelf
underlay under carpet and tar stuff removed
spare and cage out
1/4 tank of fuel ( always run around that for weight reasons :wink: )
supersprint and coilovers which are both lighter than oe items
still have all glass in and std heavy bonnet, all window/wiper motors, all doorcards, no metal cut, heavy willy wheels :wink: etc
Im hoping this is around the same weight mine will come to be with some buckets in.
ash clio gtt
03-08-2007, 17:00
my old clio 16v with a r5 gtt engine was 810kg, stripped inside with buckets, still had dash and glass windows, standard bonnet etc so was still weight to save. be interesting to see what my stripped r5 with a 1.8 16v engine weighs
Laine_16v
03-08-2007, 17:58
my old clio 16v with a r5 gtt engine was 810kg, stripped inside with buckets, still had dash and glass windows, standard bonnet etc so was still weight to save. be interesting to see what my stripped r5 with a 1.8 16v engine weighs
Thats goood! Bishes car is major major stripped hes looking at 850kg now i believe.
5GTT lump weights a lot lot less than a valver lump tho i imagine.
Mr.AdamB
03-08-2007, 18:24
yeah gtt lump is seriousely lighter than the 16v lumps
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