Finally, a good kill.

[vettestr]

Originally Posted by John-Tucson

DWRAT, we will probably do our yearly "Weigh-In" next month. We use four scales and can give you the total, and the front to rear. Only a couple of the Phoenix guys have come down here for it, you might ask Karl what he thinks of the job that we do.

The run up to see the Tucson guys will nail down your car weight for sure. I am guessing the MK2 FFR comes in close to about 2400 pounds max. That is with a driver and as you drove it to the scales. John am I close or can you help with a more educated estimate? Until we hear different lets use the round numbers of 2400 LBS.... maybe a bit high?

The web is full of huge HP claims but a quick scan showed me engines with your goodies averaged from 350 to 450 HP. Found one guy claiming 535HP but had very worked heads and more goodies. I know it is all just chatter until you get the pulls on paper but ballpark numbers at least. If she weighs 2400 LBS and use 350 Hp minus 15% drive train loss then you get 297.5 rear wheel HP so 8.06 pounds per horse and @ 450 hp - 15% = 382.5 and 6.274 LBS per horse. 8 .06 or 6.27 pounds per horse is pretty respectable.

A Shelby GT500KR with advertised 540 Hp minus the same 15% = 459 HP and at 3900 pounds tips the HP per pound to 8.49 LBS per pound. The Shelby is supercharged and uses advertised HP but bet it is a real number. Just bench racing but the numbers are a hoot to compare. The old days you were lucky to get over 1 horse per cubic inch to the wheels and that is in a tank with a zillion pounds.