Dr30 Rs-turbo Weight

[Roy]

What does a DR30 RS-TURBO weigh by the time you have you have installed an IC, upgraded the brakes etc????

[D-limo]

1200-1230kg standard I think

[Ghostrider]

Powerplay Imports car weighs 1240kg, in road trim.

[discopotato03]

Roy I did see mention of an early stripper verson that was supposed to be ~ 1170Kg I'd imagine with no pwr steer or A/C and armstrong window winders . The std 60mm piston cast steel calipers are quite heavy so the change to R32/Z32 alloy four pots would be equal or less . As you would know the more performance minded R32/33/34 rotors are bloody heavy because of their size and thickness . If you did the front brake conversion properly ie disks bolt to back of hubs not over studs you could probably have a 1200Kg car in road trim . If the sound deadening was flicked and a lightweight seat fitted is better again , and an R32 GTR radiator (honestly about a third of the weight of R30 dinosaur) and it goes on . SK once spoke of aluminium flywheels and his RB31DET - works well and saves weight . FJ20ET's have a pretty large (for 2L 4 pot) 240mm flywheel so a bit to lose . The "right" wheels such as Rays (Volks) have the right offset and are very light for their size (16x7 , 16x8) , have to assume they have forged centres and rolled rim sections .

The R200 and thicker half shafts put a bit of weight under the bum but its needed to be reliable . With a bit of stuffing around you can get an R32 GTST box in (change bell and bore lower bearing hole) , same length same yoke .

Cheers A .

[tigeryas]

1240kg hey, cool, i was wondering the same thing.

[rsx84]

would there be much weight difference between a 2 door and a 4 door?

Hr30= 1150kg hehehe

i always wondered what the front end of mine would weight now that its mostly r32...

[Ghostrider]

According to the Nissan Skyline brochure I have the following TARE weights apply.

2000RS-X sedan 1105kg, and coupe 1115kg both fitted with FJ20 engines & manual transmission. add 10kg for auto

I would assume the coupe would be a little heavier because of the extra glass in the coupe. Glass is heeps heavier than metal.

The respective same in GT-ES L20ET engines is 1150 & 1160kg

And an RB 20DET is about 15kg lighter than an L20ET

The front to rear difference is about 1/3rd

Remember these are factory bone dry tare weights and probably have no resemblance to reality, when considering the scale weight of the Powerplay Imports DR30

[dr phil]

My 1984 DR30 RS Turbo 2 door came with a weigh bridge ticket of 1.28 tonnes, methinks it has to lose some weight. The airbag adjustable seats must be pretty heavy too...