im guessing those numbers are without gas. I have some weight reduction (fiberglass hood/alum. driveshaft/alum. heads/removed a/c/removed dog bone/removed powersteering/removed foglights + supports/removed front swaybar/removed spare + jack) and my car weighs in at 3150 with about 3-4 gallons of fuel. its a 93 GT w/T5.
hmm, i guess the 85's were just plain lighter. cuz i removed all my crap from the interior. like coke cans and shinizzle but left full interior. filll up my gas tank and weighed in at 3160 with an AT. i weighed mine at a garbage dump where the weigh your vehical before dumping and after dump to see how much crap you dumped. There might be something to it??? i dont know