Thread: How much doese your 32 roadster weigh?

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[QUOTE=pro70z28]Does anyone know where to find component weights for car parts. Like engine, trans., etc.
Just wondering if anybody has ever compiled a reference list or web site of weights of various car parts?

This one gives engine weights http://www.team.net/sol/tech/engine.html

Thanks RestoRod.

This one gives engine weights http://www.team.net/sol/tech/engine.html[/QUOTE]


Ouch. I knew my engine lift groaned when I installed my 394 Olds, but I never thought it was THAT heavy. Plus, the transmission has to weigh another 200.

Olds 371, 394 760 lbs

I would have guessed in the mid 600 lbs range like my 460 Ford engine.


Don

I've got access to a set of scales like that, Use them all the time to setup racing Karts with. I'm plannin on putting my truck on the scales just to see what the numbers look like.

My all original steel, full fendered 32 roadster weighs 2240 lbs.

SBC, aluminum heads, intake, water pump, driveshaft amd center section of a 9 inch Ford rear. 400 Turbo transmission.

Full bumpers and running boards also.



Photo taken at the LA Roadster's Father Day event 2007 ...

My 32 roadster highboy with a Show-Me Rod and Custom body with a chassis by Pete and Jakes with the aluminum I Beam axle, and small block chevy weighted in at 2340 with a near 50/50 weight distribution between the front and rear.

This an old thread from last June and I missed it because I was busy with other stuff, but I have been wondering for a long time what my '29 full fendered fiberglass Model-A will weigh? I really felt weight conscious when I mounted the beautiful stainless bumpers which I believe are heavier than the bumpers shown by Deuce above. The Model-A books say the '29 roadster weighed 2265 pounds stock and the tables say a SBC with an aluminum intake weighs about 535 pounds but I do not know the weight of my 700R4 versus the puny three speed box of the Model-A and while the Model-A block might be as light as 350 pounds, that enormous flywheel/clutch setup has to weigh a lot. As usual I am asking a Model-A question in a Deuce thread but I am guessing the final weight will be in the 2400 pound range? I got the stainless A bumpers for looks and protection of the 'glass fenders but boy they are at least 50 pounds each! Does anybody have an actual weight for a '29 roadster with a SBC drive line? Probably the weight is close to that of the beautiful steel '32 Deuce shows above? I have the smaller 8" rear but the difference between that and the 9" is only about 50 pounds, right?

Don Shillady
Retired Scientist/teen rodder

My guess is your trans weighs about 150 Lbs. I have a 400TH that has been lightened and it weighed 147 on a shipping crate. I would guess the trans has been lightened about as much as the crate weighs.