I put the car on the scales today and finally found out what it weighed.

As I looked around, I found the base weight listed by Porsche is 3,395 (if I remember correctly). I'm not sure what this weight is, but I seriously doubt it's a wet weight for a US spec Turbo and it was more than likely with hollow spoke wheels. Maybe someone can enlighten me.

I lightened the car up a little.
Exhaust -25
Remove spare, jack etc. -39
Wiper delete -4
Wing hydraulic pump and lines -3
Lighter battery -11
Total -82lbs.

I'm sure my 245/35R19 and 295/30R19 tires are a little heavier, but my forged Champion wheels should be a little lighter. We'll call this a wash.

I'm not sure about my PSS10's, GT3 swaybar, headers and aftermarket Garrett GT 28/64 turbos, but let's assume they weigh close to stock.

Given all of this, the car weighed 3,446 lbs. full of fluids. If we assume I have removed the 82 pounds listed above, than the car weighed around 3,528 stock with options, full of fluids.

At least the corner weights of 50.2%/49.8% looked good.

Later, Steve

Just make sure you don't spin the tires when you drive up the ramps.



Here's the results.

 

Time to go on a real diet Steve.

 

4lbs for wiper delete...really? Mine weighs 3580 wet (but mine is a cab...LOL)

 

Tip or Manual? Big diff in weight there.

Mine weighed in at 3650 with me in it and 3/4 tank of gas. I weighed 200lbs and 3/4 tank of gas is roughly 80lbs, so that makes my car 3370 bone stock.

 

It's just a street car, so no "real" diet for me.

I want the reward without the pain.

Later, Steve

 

Horsepower!

Yeah these cars are pretty amazing considering the weight.

 

Mine is a 6 speed.

 

Wow... seems heavy to me? I did a bunch of weight loss mods too, when I had my car, but I never weighed my car BEFORE I started the mods, but I ASSUMED that it actually weighed the 3395 or so claimed by Porsche.

I was able to remove about 250lbs (tracked all the weight on a spreadsheet), and when I went to weigh it, it weighed 3145 with our me...This was with less than a 1/4 tank of fuel, how I usually drove it.

 

Which means your car weighed approximately 3,215 (3,145+70) with a full tank of gas and stock would have been 3,465 (3215+250).

I have no idea why my stock car would have weighed 63 pounds (3,528-3,465) more than yours. Did you have a sunroof, navigation, door speakers and lumbar support in the seats when it was stock?

Later, Steve

 

When I corner balanced I was at 3356

 

With a full tank of gas?

 

Most people take out the weight of the gas. It is ~6.1lbs per gallon of gas.

 

Seems in the ballpark range. The turbo is not a light car. That was my first impression when I drove it; feels pretty big and heavy. Then again, when I hit the first corner, it all of a sudden felt a lot lighter. I'm impressed how well it handles for being this heavy. Of course, the GT-R is a pig and has impressive handling as well.

 

This is actually not that heavy of a car, basically the same weight at a Subaru Sti and lighter than a Mitsubishi Evo. This is one of the biggest reasons I am going this route, 3.6l turbo with AWD and decent weight. It puts down the power pretty well and handles good.

 

I do not think the 996 turbo is lighter than an STi, and the awd of the 996turbo is a joke, If you are buying this car based on the AWD capabilities, look elsewhere...