I'm looking for the easiest way to get an accurate weight of my car, preferrably free. Where are some places I can go to have this done? Do most dragstrips have ways to measure this (nearest one to me is over 1 hour away)....
Weighing your Car
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I drive by one everyday to and from work. I doubt they approve of cars driving through there... unless you happen to know the cop or whoever is working there.
trock
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Here in Missouri there is a Grain elevator in most every small town. I'm sure that if you went there they would let you weigh your car. They have scales to weigh the truck before and after you drop the grain off to know how much you had, so they must be fairly accurate.
RED98
Member
What I did was drive to the city dump. They charge you by the weight of the truck before you go in vs. when you leave. I drove up to the window, asked the 80 year old battle axe with a cigarette in her mouth if I can weigh my car, and she points at a digital sign. It was 3360 with me in it, if I remember right. My bright red Mustang could not have been more out of place in line with a row of huge dirty dump trucks full of garbage, but what the heck, it was free and only took a minute!
haha cool.. I'm thinking of getting a gTech, so I need to know my car's weight to get accurate HP/TQ #'s.
RED98
Member
Adverse2Change said:
That's why I weighed mine, for my G-Tech. I think the G-Tech's okay, sorta, but I'm not convinced of how accurate it really is. It's good for timing your 0-60 and 1/4 mile runs, but I'd want to dyno my car and see if it's really accurate for measuring power.
