How heavy is a cabrio

[CosworthCabrioLee]

How heavy is a cabrio ?

[bryannewell]

Re: How heavy is a cabrio

Hi Lee
I recently put my 2ltr Zetec engined Cabrio on my works weighbridge
Front axle came in at 420kg and rear at 540kg
This was with with me out of the car!
Regards
Bryan

[Mike]

Re: How heavy is a cabrio

Hi Lee
I recently put my 2ltr Zetec engined Cabrio on my works weighbridge
Front axle came in at 420kg and rear at 540kg
This was with with me out of the car!
Regards
Bryan

Bryan

That is interesting. Why would the back end weigh significantly more than the front? What did you have in the boot?

Mike

[chris_cussen]

Re: How heavy is a cabrio

Mine has a 2litre DOHC engine and weighed in at IVA with 450kg front, 400kg rear, tank full of pertol and examiner in vehicle.

[Mike]

Re: How heavy is a cabrio

Mine has a 2litre DOHC engine and weighed in at IVA with 450kg front, 400kg rear, tank full of pertol and examiner in vehicle.

That is quite different tpo Bryan's, but more in line with what I would have expected ratio-wise.

Anyone else have their cabrio weight split?

[bryannewell]

Re: How heavy is a cabrio

Hi Mike
That is a good point!
I just rolled it on and off again and that is what came up on the print out,I wrote it down and went on my way without another thought!!
It does seem a long way adrift from Chris's and I weighed mine with no body in the car.
Best disregard my first post folks!!
I shall do it again hopefully properly.
Regards

Bryan

[Frans de Vries]

Re: How heavy is a cabrio

500 front, 530 rear, one person aboard.

[danny_nelson]

Re: How heavy is a cabrio

Stupid question, would there be a difference between LWB and SWB in the weights with the same engine?

[djj_engineer]

Re: How heavy is a cabrio

I guess the SWB would be lighter than the LWB
I agree with Frans slightly heavier at rear than the front with V8.
Much heavier if I sit in the back!!!

[paulhyder]

Re: How heavy is a cabrio

When I took my Cabrio for its MOT the garage wanted a weighbridge certificate so I had to get it done. Its a SWB and had about 5 gallons of fuel which is about 17/18 kg. The weight, without any driver was shown as 960kg

[bryannewell]

Re: How heavy is a cabrio

Hi paul
Interesting yours came out the exact same weight as mine!
What motor are you running?
Do you know what the split weights are or did you just get the whole thing done as one?
Regards
Bryan

[keith_h]

Re: How heavy is a cabrio

A lot of Council tips have a full weighbridge so that they can weigh commercial vehicles in and out and use the difference to charge. The guys at my local tip were only too pleased to help me out and weigh my YKC Roadster for nothing. It might be worthwhile going to your local tip to see if you can sweet talk them into doing it for you - try an find out when their quiet periods are.

(Just out of interest, I have all the running gear from a 2.0 DOHC fuel injected Sierra GLS. With half a tank and no driver it was 850kgs)

[tim hawkesworth]

Re: How heavy is a cabrio

The LWB Hunter that I have just sold was MOT'd this morning. It has a 2.3 16v twin cam Ford engine.
With around 2 gals of fuel plus the 12 stone tester the weights recorded on the roller brake tester were;- front - 502kg and rear 600kg.
I hope these figures are of some interest