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Russ Noble · 12-12-07, 12:22 AM

Hi Troy,

Thanks.

The weight as pictured with full rollcage and including the front and rear subframes comes in at 108 Kg or 238 lbs.

Note it is not finished yet, there are still some brackets to fabricate. Main ones being door hinge mounts and seat belt mounts. There are also lots of little things like fuel pump mounts etc to do so it's likely to end up around 115 Kg or 250 lbs.

Don't forget though that a lot of the stiffness relies on bonded and riveted alloy panels so for any meaningful comparisons that must be taken into account. When that's done I'll weigh it and post it on this thread Chassis Weight

The really interesting weight though will be the all up dry weight. Anyone care to take some guesses.....

Chassis details, material etc are in Post # 65.

I see I haven't posted a view of the chassis from the front so here goes

12-12-07, 12:22 AM	#128 (permalink)
Russ Noble Russ Noble Lifetime Premier Supporter Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Christchurch,NZ GT40: Building scratc Posts: 1,380 Rep Power: 20	Re: Kiwi scratchbuilt Hi Troy, Thanks. The weight as pictured with full rollcage and including the front and rear subframes comes in at 108 Kg or 238 lbs. Note it is not finished yet, there are still some brackets to fabricate. Main ones being door hinge mounts and seat belt mounts. There are also lots of little things like fuel pump mounts etc to do so it's likely to end up around 115 Kg or 250 lbs. Don't forget though that a lot of the stiffness relies on bonded and riveted alloy panels so for any meaningful comparisons that must be taken into account. When that's done I'll weigh it and post it on this thread Chassis Weight The really interesting weight though will be the all up dry weight. Anyone care to take some guesses..... Chassis details, material etc are in Post # 65. I see I haven't posted a view of the chassis from the front so here goes Attached Thumbnails __________________ Scratchbuilt Gulf Mk1, forged, dry sumped 351W. 930 LSD & spraybar, 10s & 14s. Slowly getting there http://www.gt40s.com/forum/gt40-buil...atchbuilt.html Last edited by Russ Noble; 12-12-07 at 12:31 AM.