Where to find weight of my car?
06-06-2007, 10:23 AM
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You can do this...we did it in HS and were pretty damn close
1) Drive all 4 ties on to a pice of paper big enough to have paper come out all all sides
2) Outline the foot print of the tire. tryto get as close as possible.
3) Now find the area of your tires foot print, and mulitply that by how much air pressure is in the cars tire. Do this for all 4
4) Add them together. If you do it right you'll be like 100 pounds or so off but it's a good way to get an idea, with out a scale
1) Drive all 4 ties on to a pice of paper big enough to have paper come out all all sides
2) Outline the foot print of the tire. tryto get as close as possible.
3) Now find the area of your tires foot print, and mulitply that by how much air pressure is in the cars tire. Do this for all 4
4) Add them together. If you do it right you'll be like 100 pounds or so off but it's a good way to get an idea, with out a scale
06-06-2007, 02:31 PM
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Originally Posted by PopaPork
You can do this...we did it in HS and were pretty damn close
1) Drive all 4 ties on to a pice of paper big enough to have paper come out all all sides
2) Outline the foot print of the tire. tryto get as close as possible.
3) Now find the area of your tires foot print, and mulitply that by how much air pressure is in the cars tire. Do this for all 4
4) Add them together. If you do it right you'll be like 100 pounds or so off but it's a good way to get an idea, with out a scale
1) Drive all 4 ties on to a pice of paper big enough to have paper come out all all sides
2) Outline the foot print of the tire. tryto get as close as possible.
3) Now find the area of your tires foot print, and mulitply that by how much air pressure is in the cars tire. Do this for all 4
4) Add them together. If you do it right you'll be like 100 pounds or so off but it's a good way to get an idea, with out a scale
just go to the landfill, track, or truckstop and/or weigh station...
06-06-2007, 03:53 PM
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Originally Posted by PopaPork
You can do this...we did it in HS and were pretty damn close
1) Drive all 4 ties on to a pice of paper big enough to have paper come out all all sides
2) Outline the foot print of the tire. tryto get as close as possible.
3) Now find the area of your tires foot print, and mulitply that by how much air pressure is in the cars tire. Do this for all 4
4) Add them together. If you do it right you'll be like 100 pounds or so off but it's a good way to get an idea, with out a scale
1) Drive all 4 ties on to a pice of paper big enough to have paper come out all all sides
2) Outline the foot print of the tire. tryto get as close as possible.
3) Now find the area of your tires foot print, and mulitply that by how much air pressure is in the cars tire. Do this for all 4
4) Add them together. If you do it right you'll be like 100 pounds or so off but it's a good way to get an idea, with out a scale
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06-06-2007, 07:09 PM
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Can you determine your weight from the factory by looking at the GVWR (I think that's the abbreviation -- stands for something like Gross Vehicle Weight something or other) on the driver door sticker? If I recall, it lists front, back, and total. The number will be high because it takes into account that you can seat four passengers each weighing 175 pounds. Subtract 700 pounds from the total and it should be the weight from the factory. Does this sound right to anyone?
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Originally Posted by 02BEAST
ARE YOU KIDDING NO WAY I'M DOING ALL THAT SH..
Or you can drive around not knowing then pay some jabrony at a truck stop that might or might not be by you to tell you what you could have done with 10 minutes. But hey...if you like to spend money I got a sick dog you can send some down my way.
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I'm at 3,840 with me in it and a full tank.....
I have also added quite a bit of weight adding modifications. Before my stereo install I was at 3,760 with me in it and a full tank. I weigh around 200lbs now but back then I weighed around 190lbs.
I have also added quite a bit of weight adding modifications. Before my stereo install I was at 3,760 with me in it and a full tank. I weigh around 200lbs now but back then I weighed around 190lbs.
