Curious if anyone has weighed their boxtop ?
Published numbers say 2760. But is this real ?
Curious if anyone has weighed their boxtop ?
Published numbers say 2760. But is this real ?
And if anyone has was it a 6 or 8 ?
My buddy weighed his 6 cyl 2dr and he said and it was 2600. Without him in it.
79 Zephyr, 4.6L 4v/4r70w swap, with team z front and rear suspension, 8.8 and upgraded brakes and coil overs. Running Holley Terminator X Max.
I'd say 2760# is believable, maybe even a little high depending on how it's equipped. I weighed my '82 Z7 coupe (2-door, but not a box top) a couple/few years ago on the scale at the local metal scrap recycler. It was about 2850# - 6cyl, auto, power nothing, very basic car, about 3/4 tank of gas. I'm pretty sure I was in the car (~195#), because it's a drive-on scale and I don't remember getting out - I think I just drove on, looked at the number, and drove off.
'89 GT convertible - not a four-eye
'82 Zephyr Z7 - future track car
Crazy light those boxtops by the looks of it.
Our 79 coupe with V6 weighed in at 1260 kg (2772 pounds) at a highway public scale. I thought that was light and didn't think anything else could be that close.
DarranOriginally Posted by BLUECRAPI
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My 78 Boxtop started out as a zero option, 4 cyl. 4 speed, with manual steering and brakes, and before I turned it into a drag car, over 35 years ago, I weighed it to see what it was starting out as, and with 1/4 tank of gas, it was 2680 pounds, with no driver, but with the spare tire and jack. Now this was a very plain car, no side trim, bumper guards, radio, with just 1 mirror, (the Pinto style screwed to the door), no rear defogger, not even a day/night rearview mirror. I had several other Fairmonts, and a 79 Zephyr Z7, the heaviest was the Z7, with was a 302, auto, PS, PB car and it was right around 3000 pounds. One of my other boxtops had a 302, T5, and 8.8 rearend, and at the local dragstrip scales ,it weighed between 3240-3280, depending on how much gas was in the tank. (trunk was empty. When that car got rusty, I swapped all the runing gear into a 1980 Futura, and the diference between the 2 door sedan, and the Futura coupe, was right around 80 pounds.
1978 Fairmont 2 door sedan, 428CJ 4speed. 9.972ET@132.54mph. 1.29 60 foot
Replaced the FE big block with my 331/4 speed in my Fairmont, best 10.24ET @128 MPH.
1985 Mustang LX hatchback NHRA Stock Eliminator 302 4 speed best in legal trim 12.31@107 mph, but has gone 11.42@115 with aftermarket intake, carb, and iron Windsor Jr. heads.New for 2012! 331 cube SB Ford, AFR 185 heads, solid flat tappet cam, pump gas; 10.296ET@128.71 mph, 1.37 60 foot.
1979 Zephyr Z7, all original 302 auto, 2nd owner.
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