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Club G40 => General Car Chat => Topic started by: Jake G 4 0 on September 20, 2011, 04:50:57 pm

Title: Curb weight
Post by: Jake G 4 0 on September 20, 2011, 04:50:57 pm: Does anyone know the actual curb weight of a standard G40??

Thanks
Title: Re: Curb weight
Post by: dub-disaster on September 20, 2011, 07:16:01 pm: 830kg i thought
Title: Re: Curb weight
Post by: Jake G 4 0 on September 20, 2011, 10:18:13 pm: That's what I believed it to be until someone was trying to convince me that they were more like 770??
Title: Re: Curb weight
Post by: grungeisdead on September 21, 2011, 02:01:08 am: Click on articles at the top of.this page and go to the original specifications list
Title: Re: Curb weight
Post by: Jake G 4 0 on September 21, 2011, 09:15:36 am: Cool thanks lads, I just wanted to know what I was working from as I want to start shedding the weight.
Title: Re: Curb weight
Post by: hayesey on September 21, 2011, 09:28:29 am: take it to a weigh bridge. 830 is only the "book" figure.
Title: Re: Curb weight
Post by: AdzCM on April 11, 2012, 12:22:24 pm: Just for anyone who cares. Took my g40 to a weigh bridge and it came out at 800kg dead. Have 4 steelies on so a standard g40 with BBS would probably be a bit lighter...
Title: Re: Curb weight
Post by: Raw on April 11, 2012, 12:32:39 pm: Quote from: AdzCM on April 11, 2012, 12:22:24 pm
Just for anyone who cares. Took my g40 to a weigh bridge and it came out at 800kg dead. Have 4 steelies on so a standard g40 with BBS would probably be a bit lighter...
Probably heavier. standard / cheepo alloys typicaly weigh more than steelies.
Title: Re: Curb weight
Post by: Chris_J on April 11, 2012, 12:38:03 pm: Remember, 1 litre of petrol weighs about 0.7kg so the kerb weight will normally include for a full tank.

Adz, presumably you had a pretty empty tank when you weighed it (42 litres fuel is circa 30kg)?
Title: Re: Curb weight
Post by: AdzCM on April 11, 2012, 12:42:57 pm: Pretty empty yeah lol. Book figure right enough then...
Title: Re: Curb weight
Post by: randombadger69 on April 12, 2012, 03:07:48 am: My polo GT weighed 760kg with no rear interior. So add a charger, intercooler and additional weight and its getting that way.