How light is your dart/demon/swinger/duster really!

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Some good info here, It really didn't surprise me much, You'll be amazed how light they really are, especially the 70-72s, I'm guessing these weights were with man. brakes, no PS or AC, just the basic model.

http://www.valiant.org/dart/index.html
 
My BB 67 cuda weighs 3250 with frame connecters and 8 point roll bar. Only the block is steel, everything else on the motor is aluminum. Full interior and 3 inch exhaust.
 
My 73 came in at 3300#. That's with a half tank of gas, and the old rallyes
on it. Going to be less with the Pro Stars on it. Those things are really light.
I think most of what Chrysler called shipping weight was without fluids.
 
briankaplan said:
My 73 came in at 3300#. That's with a half tank of gas, and the old rallyes
on it. Going to be less with the Pro Stars on it. Those things are really light.
I think most of what Chrysler called shipping weight was without fluids.
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Get rid of those heavy *** bumpers & braces & that will lighten it up a SOLID 150 lbs., that will put it at 3150 :thumbup:
 
Duster/Demons must be quit a bit lighter than Swingers.

My 70 340 4-speed 8 3/4 Dart was 3330 LB. It was all stock with a bench seat and a full tank of gas and a full size spare in the trunk.
 
My '73 came in at 3300 lbs with me, my dad and a trunk of misc tools (wrenches, jack stand, jack etc). Just a stock 318 at the time with just headers and 2 1/2 inch Flowmaster exhaust. Stock steel wheels with hubcaps at the time.
 
3550# with me in it. Heavier than I thought. And I only weigh 170#.
 
73 duster full tank of gas,spare tire jack and me in it also amp and sub's in trunk 3280 lbs
 
71 Dart Swinger bracket racer....glass hood, glass trunk lid, glass front bumper and brackets, glass rear bumper and brackets, one fiberglass seat, 8pt roll bar with frames tied (2x3x 1.25) square tubing. all windows still roll up and down. Two batteries in trunk. Ladder bars with coil over shocks.

360 with eddy heads.

Dart weight in at 2800 lbs at scales at LVMS. (NO Driver).
 
so how much with the driver?????LoL just messin with ya tony :)
70aarcuda said:
71 Dart Swinger bracket racer....glass hood, glass trunk lid, glass front bumper and brackets, glass rear bumper and brackets, one fiberglass seat, 8pt roll bar with frames tied (2x3x 1.25) square tubing. all windows still roll up and down. Two batteries in trunk. Ladder bars with coil over shocks.

360 with eddy heads.

Dart weight in at 2800 lbs at scales at LVMS. (NO Driver).
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1972 Dodge Dart.
Stock 1974 Dodge truck T/F-727 automatic transmission & 360 with a B&M supercharger sitting on a Holley Street Domintor aluminum intake manifold and topped with a Holley 4779 750 cfm double pumper carburetor, Hooker headers and dual 3" exhaust.
14" rallye wheels with new tires (195/70R-14 front & 235/60R-14 rear)
Original starter
1972 power brake booster & cast iron master cylinder with 1973+ A-body disc brakes.
Power steering
A-body 8-3/4" sure-grip rear axle
Aluminum radiator
No jack
No spare tire
No sound deadener
No driver or passengers
1/3 tank of fuel

3,250 lbs.


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1974 Plymouth Gold Duster.
Car has original 225 slant six (cast iron 1-bbl. intake manifold) with 904 automatic transmission.
15" Ansen aluminum slotted wheels with new tires (15 x 4.5" 160/80R-15 front & 15 x 8.5" 255/60R-15 rear)
lightweight mini-starter
Power disc brakes with lightweight aluminum master cylinder
Power steering
7-1/4" rear axle
No jack
No spare tire
No sound deadener
No emission components left
No driver or passengers
Full fuel tank (completely topped off)
1-7/8" single exhaust system with two mufflers
OEM snorkel hood scoop

3,150 lbs.


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** I have since added an A-body 8-1/4" sure-grip rear axle complete with disc brakes, concours correct Go-Wing rear spoiler, and a couple other small changes. I will re-weigh the car soon.
 
Still on jackstands, haven't weighed. Told a lie to Chassis Engineering, 3400#. The coil overs hold it up 3" too high, so weight is less (10 point installed).
 
'72 Duster 340. Heavy frame connectors, 340 4 speed, Lakewood bellhousing, full interior with bench seat, alum heads, AAR hood, 3170 lbs.
 
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