Originally Posted by
cjackson2802
i have to disagree here. a fully gutted ek hatch with a honda motor in it weighs around 1700 lbs. the awd, heavier motor and trans, tcase, etc. probably weighs no more the 500 extra lbs. so around 2300lbs give or take, over 500hp....is a 9 second car all day. he made over 600lb of torque at like 3000rpms. you're lucky to get an evo down to 3000lbs thats still streetable. then you need around 600hp+....then youre pushing the limit on the stock internals. can't compare apple to oranges, but i would have had my money on miguel.
Ok now add the weight of the added metal to make the install possible. The twin fuel systems, heavier axles and so on. There was a lot welded into that car. You are looking at around a rough guess of about about 200 lbs.
So that puts it to about 2500LBS. Emery from stm's evo weights just over 2600 with a cage. Not a huge difference.