Maverick weight

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  1. idrivemav

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    Can someone please give me a guess in what my car weighs its completely gutted except for the upper half of the dash is original and gauges are original it has a 8pt cage and subframe connectors with 2 plastic racing seats has 302/c4 with 8inch rear thanks
     
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    If I had to guess, 2630.
     

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    What is done to the car that u have on the scale
     
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    dunno for sure.. but I think I know which side his turbo's on. lol :burnout:
     
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    My turbo is in the trunk towards the right side :)
     
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    It's back halfed with a 4-link, 14 Pt cage, MII front end and a large cube NA SBF stroker.
     
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    Rick, do you have any glass body parts or is it all steel? Is it a 351W based stroker? What trans?
     
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    It's all steel with a 6" glass hood 351w based in front of a C4. I hoping to get it done by March
     
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    My car is all steel with the door braces removed the inner door panels are alum. the hood has all the bracing removed from the middle as does the trunk lid so maybe another 100lbs off idk
     
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    Oh yea it has plexi glass in the sides and no regulators
     
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    If it drives, put on some junk tires and drive it to the local dump. Their scales are generally accurate enough unless your looking to shave tenths of a second.
     
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    So it's possible my car could end up lighter...
     

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