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| R32 GT-R. Some weight transfer happening at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca |
Weight. How much does something weigh? When it comes to cars, lighter is better. The less weight a car has the easier it is to accelerate, brake, turn, and stop. As weight increases the loads on the tires increase to the point where you overwhelm, and overheat the tires.
Car weights are normally all over the board. There are "official" weights. There are gross vehicle weights, there are often numbers on the FMVSS labels in the door jam in a US certified vehicle. However if you ever put a car on a set of scales, you may find that your numbers are nowhere close any of those numbers. A good example is the R32/R33/R34 GT-R. In order to drive a car, you need to have fuel. You need to have fluids in the car. Some of the numbers out there for these cars, we suspect are 100% dry of fluids.
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| R33 GT-R weighs ? |
The numbers below are more realistic, but we think that R33, and R34 are still a bit light. The R32 had an early car, with no door bars, and a later car with door bars. The door bars supposedly increase the weight by 50kg, or 110 lbs. Putting the 1991 up R32 at 1530 kg, 3373 lbs, or the same weight as the R33 GT-R. The R33 is longer, wider, and taller than the R32, and uses the same drivetrain. We call bullshit.
R32 GT-R Weight
- 08/20/'91 Minor change. Middle model
Door bars added (50kg weight increase)
Head light projector modified(H3C->H1)
Driver's air bag optional
Oil pump drive widened
Cylinder block modified (reinforced partly and lighten)
Rear caliper seal modified
Interior partly changed (from smooth black radio surround, to textured)
We have weighed a nearly all stock NISMO R32 GT-R. The NISMO according to Nissan is 30kg lighter than a standard R32 GT-R. So it should be 1450 kg or 3196 lbs. This should be the lightest normal GT-R. No ABS, no rear wiper.
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| Nearly stock NISMO with fuel weighs 3300 lbs. |
#bluecar
Put the Bluecar on the Proform scales. I think the numbers seem a little on the light side, but I need to weigh more cars to verify.
3167 lbs with the spare and subwoofer out. About 1/2 a tank of gas. I know sorry, forgot to fill it. Too lazy to drain it.
Put the Bluecar on the Proform scales. I think the numbers seem a little on the light side, but I need to weigh more cars to verify.
3167 lbs with the spare and subwoofer out. About 1/2 a tank of gas. I know sorry, forgot to fill it. Too lazy to drain it.
R33 GT-R Weight
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| Midnight Purple II R34 GT-R, and Midnight Purple R33 GT-R |
Today was the day, we put a Midnight Purple R33 GT-R on the Proform scales. The JDM R33 GT-R was just recently imported from Japan by Toprank Importers. The car is all stock with the exception of Apexi wheels, cat back exhaust, and a Nismo steering wheel. Empty of gasoline. Any guesses to the weight?
Yes one of the scales was off.
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| The Proform scales came back with 3336 lbs empty of fuel. |
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| RentJDM MotoRex R34 GT-R |
R34 GT-R Weight
The R34 is a little smaller dimensionally than the R33, but it has more bracing, more attachments. All of which add weight. Just pushing an R34 vs pushing an R32 is obvious how much more an R34 weighs.
Still a little suspect of the Proform wireless scales. However we did check all the scales by standing on them, and they all seemed to be the same within 2 lbs of a persons weight. That isn't a car weight, but its not wildly off.
Midnight Purple II R34 Nissan Skyline GT-R.
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| Midnight Purple II R34 Nissan Skyline GT-R at Toprank Importers |
This Midnight Purple II car is a Vspec and 99.9% stock. It had about 1/4 tank of fuel in it. On the Proform scales it weighed...
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| The Midnight Purple II Vspec R34 GT-R weighed 3348 lbs, which we think is still light. |
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| R34 GT-R race car. We got it down to 2997 lbs, dry |
So on the Proform scales:
- 3167 lbs R32 GT-R 1/2 tank of gas
- 3336 lbs R33 GT-R with no gas
- 3348 lbs R34 GT-R with 1/4 tank of gas
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