pagey
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Just wondering, went to my mates dads mates workshop in malvern, and there was a place that you drive on to tell weight on a digital display above, mainly used for lorries laden etc.. But put my car on, has full interior, few boxes of bits in the boot nothin major and it weighed 1040kg.
Just wondered what the standard weight is for a L reg Gsi corsa, so i could see what difference there was in the engine and 6 speed, anybody else done this with normal/converted engines/stripped interior etc.. so we can see what can be gained with weight loss etc..
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fazza
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1993 Opel Corsa 1.6 GSi 16v
Wheelbase 2443 mm 96.2 in
Track front
rear
Length 3729 mm 146.8 in
Width 1608 mm 63.3 in
Height 1420 mm 55.9 in
Length:wheelbase ratio 1.53
Ground clearance
Kerb weight 960 kg 2116 lb
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adz_gsi
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80 kg not bad
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Minty_Fresh
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so 960kg, and if you weigh about 13 stone, it works out around 1035kg
plus petrol, and extra bits in the car..
sounds about right
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fazza
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so 960 for a 1600 gsi, and only 1040 for a c20let corsa with f28.
thought people always say there sooooo heavy??
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pagey
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nah, i got out the car, when he weighed it, and was 1040kg, had just under quarter of a tank of fuel.
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pagey
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80kg difference then, im pretty pleased with that considering full interior etc.. i like the luxuries so im never going to strip it.
Anyone else had this done?
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DAZ1985
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80kg is alot though if you think. 4 bags of concrete iirc
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fazza
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but if you take the rear seats out and few other little bits, will soon lose 80kg with the sound deadening etc aswell
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DAZ1985
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Fair point
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Nic Barnes
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mine weighed 901kgs
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fazza
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quote: Originally posted by Nic Barnes
mine weighed 901kgs
your let or gsi?
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Nic Barnes
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corsa gsi c20let
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SportBoy
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mine weighed 1040kg too the same as yours but a sport
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philip2
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im hoping for low 800's!! once its built and i get it on scales
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alan-g-w
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I put mine on the weigh bridge at work came out at 1010kg. S reg sport with late XE and F20 box with full interior.
[Edited on 10-01-2009 by alan-g-w]
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Nic Barnes
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mine is non electric non sunroof gsi and had dash and 2 buckets and the petrol light on.
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SportBoy
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think mine had about 1/3 or half a tank of fuel
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Nic Barnes
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its quite heavy 10 litres of fuel.
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Steve X16XE
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Mine is stripped and it weighed 840kg. I had 100 miles left in the tank. The sound dead was still in the front of the car then, it's not now.
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alan-g-w
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quote: Originally posted by Nic Barnes
its quite heavy 10 litres of fuel.
1 litre of fuel = 0.737kg according to wiki.
So about 7.5 bags of sugar - that's a fair weight.
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nikkijamie
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mine was 908kg without me, fully stripped out , full weld in cage, poly carbs and half tank of fuel. c20xe
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Balling
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Still, adding 80 kg to the front of the car, and removing, optimistically, 40 kg of interior from the back is not exactly going to improve the handling, is it!?
 
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fazza
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no but decent suspension, polybushes etc will do
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SportBoy
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if i wanted a car that handles like an f1 car i wouldnt of bought a corsa tbh
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