Weighed my CRZ Base Model w/ Full Tank

[AlexS2200]

Sup Ya'll,

I decided to weigh in my CRZ and find out what if the manufacturer curb weight is accurate compared to actual automotive scales used to corner balance race cars.



When I bought my CRZ I specifically looked for a base model w/o navi because I wanted the lightest possible. I have many plans for this car. I own a shop in Garden Grove, CA and we're going to try and lighten up the vehicle in any way possible using carbon fiber everything we can make! Lol In doing so we hope to shed 300 lbs and gain 10 mpg's over factory. Dunno if it will work but I'm going to do my best. As for the engine, we'll be looking into fuel economy tweaks like back cutting the valves but still not sure how far we will go with that.

First we zero'd out the scales.



Here is the car on the scales. I used a long level to make sure my shop floor is flat.



With a full tank of 87 Unical gas the car weighs in at 2606 lbs. I made sure to take everything out of the car except what was in it when I first purchased it at the dealer. So spare is still in the trunk.



This photo shows the weight distribution of the CRZ.

(58.8% front)


(41.2% rear)


Stock Curb weight says 2635lbs and mine says 2606lbs on the scales. I have 42psi in all the tires and I have the prototype Swift Springs installed on the car. I didn't remember to weight the swift springs vs the stock spring when I did the install, but I cannot imagine they are worth 29lbs in difference. I think the difference would be 5lbs max. Anyhow, hope you guys find this info helpful or just fun facts

[CRX-SiRT]

That was interesting..thanks.

[Gitano]

I've never seen this type of information, but I was taken by the disparity between the rear left and right wheels. The 52# difference is on the order of 10% for the rear weight. How common is this?

[roddy]

nice rear fender. matte clear bra? or vinyl

[northbridge]

cool, thanks for the info.

[Shatner]

Lighter than I thought.

What's up with the panel behind the door?

[AlexS2200]

Thanks, I had my friend from JS Design carbon vinyl wrap the rear qt panels. I figured I will never make this car fast like my Spoon S2k, so I can at least make it look cool.

Originally Posted by roddy

nice rear fender. matte clear bra? or vinyl

[bizzybear]

moved to "factory spec" forum

thanks for the info

[AlexS2200]

IMO its real common. Almost all Stock Honda are unbalanced from what I've seen. My S2k, RSX, ITR, EK4, EG9, EJ Coupe all were unbalanced until I installed Coil overs and corner balanced the weight.

Originally Posted by Gitano

I've never seen this type of information, but I was taken by the disparity between the rear left and right wheels. The 52# difference is on the order of 10% for the rear weight. How common is this?

[Gitano]

AlexS220, thanks for the insight. Are the differences as much as we see here? I now have a better appreciation for why race cars and many track cars go through this balancing process. I imagine the differences in weight distribution can be greatly accentuated under track conditions, and this can unbalance a car quite easily. Considering a USMD car with left-hand drive, that weight differential between the rear wheels will be much higher.