SRT per wheel weigh-in

[cobraken]

Okay.. Cobraken clocks in at 5250 lbs. with a full tank of gas and driver weight added. According to Justin a full tank is 19 gallons or 133 lbs. 5250 lbs. minus the full tank is about 5117 lbs. Meanwhile, JR clocks in his RC at 5180, ¼ tank of gas and a spare tire. Justin said fuel averages at 7lbs./gal. So, at 19 gallons, a quarter tank is about 4.75 gallons. Times 7 lbs. that’s 33.25lbs.of fuel for JR. So, Cobraken’s 5250 lbs. minus JR’s 5180 lbs. is a difference of only 70 lbs. 133 lbs. in a full tank of fuel minus the 33.25 lbs of a ¼ tank is 99.75 lbs. Something isn’t adding up. SO what do the drivers weigh? Like 3 lbs.?

Ha! I weigh about 145 lbs. The RC does have a fiberglass tonneau and it's spare tire. I thought curb weight on the truck is about 5200 lbs? I thought the fuel tank holds 26 gallons. I have to go back and find my notes on the RC weigh in. My memory isn't as good as it used to be. Too many knocks to the head by the back of the seat.

 

[Venom Power]

Ha! I weigh about 145 lbs. The RC does have a fiberglass tonneau and it's spare tire. I thought curb weight on the truck is about 5200 lbs? I thought the fuel tank holds 26 gallons. I have to go back and find my notes on the RC weigh in. My memory isn't as good as it used to be. Too many knocks to the head by the back of the seat.

Yes 26 gallons sounds better. So then that's 182 lbs. at 7 lbs./gallon. (1/4 tank will be a hair over 45 lbs.) With your weight that's (damn you're light) about 327 lbs. with a full tank.

 

[ARRESTmeRed04]

yeah i said 19 gallons is aprox. 3/4 of a tank of fuel.

 

[JRSVIPR]

Okay.. Cobraken clocks in at 5250 lbs. with a full tank of gas and driver weight added. According to Justin a full tank is 19 gallons or 133 lbs. 5250 lbs. minus the full tank is about 5117 lbs. Meanwhile, JR clocks in his RC at 5180, ¼ tank of gas and a spare tire. Justin said fuel averages at 7lbs./gal. So, at 19 gallons, a quarter tank is about 4.75 gallons. Times 7 lbs. that’s 33.25lbs.of fuel for JR. So, Cobraken’s 5250 lbs. minus JR’s 5180 lbs. is a difference of only 70 lbs. 133 lbs. in a full tank of fuel minus the 33.25 lbs of a ¼ tank is 99.75 lbs. Something isn’t adding up. SO what do the drivers weigh? Like 3 lbs.?

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In British units, this specific gravity can be expressed as lb/pt (pounds per pint), since a pint of water with a specific gravity of 1.0 weighs a pound. Since there are 8 pints to a gallon, 8 x 0.75 = 6, so:

a gallon of gasoline should weigh 6 pounds.

* 1 year ago

 

[1qksrt]

I was attempting to get a GTech setup for my truck and it needs an accurate weight, so I pulled out a pair of 20,000x10lb scales and weighed the SRT. I weighed it on a slight incline, but measured it facing uphill and downhill and averaged the numbers. This is with 3/4 of a tank of fuel, and a 2nd full-size spare in the right rear corner of the bed. No driver.

DS F: 1660 PS F: 1490
DS R: 1290 PS R: 1390

F: 3150 (54%)
R: 2680 (46%)

L: 2950 (50.6%) R: 2880 (49.4%)

Total: 5830

So, the driver's side front could use some weight taken off of it - battery relocation would transfer some to the rear. With a driver, this imbalance only gets worse.

In 2006,I weighed my truck at a truck stop,(05 R/C)with the my Paxton setup,3/4 tank,gaylord speedstur tonnau cover and some bolt ons.It came in at 5,800 total.So I guessing that your pretty close to what the true weight is.
my truck is alot heavier than the average R/C 10 with
the addition of the super heavy tonnau and the blower setup.
The average blower install could add up to at least 150 over stock(on the front).(btw-I weigh aprox.170 lbs.)

 

[71dusterjon]

if you really want to distribute the load equally around all 4 corners go with coilovers all the way around so you can adjust each corner. expensive but that will be the only way to get all the corners exact.

 

[Venom Power]

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In British units, this specific gravity can be expressed as lb/pt (pounds per pint), since a pint of water with a specific gravity of 1.0 weighs a pound. Since there are 8 pints to a gallon, 8 x 0.75 = 6, so:

a gallon of gasoline should weigh 6 pounds.

* 1 year ago

So then a pint of gasoline is .75 the weight of a pint of water? I'm assuming that is why .75 is in your formula. :dontknow: What are we going to do now? Put on some lab coats and carry clipboards?

In 2006,I weighed my truck at a truck stop,(05 R/C)with the my Paxton setup,3/4 tank,gaylord speedstur tonnau cover and some bolt ons.It came in at 5,800 total.So I guessing that your pretty close to what the true weight is.
my truck is alot heavier than the average R/C 10 with
the addition of the super heavy tonnau and the blower setup.
The average blower install could add up to at least 150 over stock(on the front).(btw-I weigh aprox.170 lbs.)

That sounds about right. I would switch to a lighter tonneau to better the affects of your Paxton. And 170 lbs.? GD, you guys are making me feel huge.

 

[Venom Power]

yeah i said 19 gallons is aprox. 3/4 of a tank of fuel.

My bad Justin. I was reading too damn fast.