I weighed my 2008 GT Prem with a 5 spd manual yesterday on the Etown scales. With alittle over a half tank of fuel, about 5-10 lbs of misc crap in the trunk, the factory wheels back on her for winter, and my fat butt in the drivers seat she came in at 3610 lbs.

I weigh in around 225-230 lbs, so take me and the crap out of the equation.. she weighs 3370-3380lbs with 1/2 tank of fuel.



Mods in sig, though I'm probably a wipe on savings vs added weight.

 

Hmmm. I weighed my bone stock '08 5spd at HRP in Houston last week and it was 3505 without me in it and 1/2 tank. And I've got the base model without all the frills (shaker, etc.). Wonder what the difference is? That's 125 lbs.

 

I weighed my old 06 GT at Mason Dixon Dragray a couple years ago and it was 3,630 with me in it. I weighed 175 at the time, so that would put it at 3,455. I had about 3/4 tank of gas and the spare in the trunk... full daily driver mode. My car was a Deluxe with cloth interior, only options being Shaker 500, spoiler delete, Active Anti-theft, and IUP. It was a stick car too.

 

How much more do the GT Verts weigh? Anyone?

 

Sorry, I had taken out the spare and I do not have the Shaker 1000 (trunk subs).

 

I have to get out in a while I will weigh in & take a picture ! so three phones & an i-pod as well spare with fake tire iron only weight.

 

The 07+ GT weight about 125 Lbs more than 05-06 Gt. Dunno why his 08 weights less than your 06? How much does the spare tire and jack weight? Also the STB and some of your other mod adds some weight.

 

BTW the stinger axe backs do save a lot of weight. I remember some post where it states the stock mufflers weighting 22 ish LBS while the stingers weight like 10 lbs or 6 lbs. Don't remember exactly but that is about 20+ lbs of weight saving switching to stingers from stock. Correct me if im wrong.

 

I have a set of Longacre corner scales out in my shop. Right after I bought my '08 GT, when it was still bone stock, I filled it up with gas and weighed it, and it came in at 3491 lbs with no driver, the only options on my premium package GT are the 3.55 gears and spoiler delete. I removed the spare tire and floor mats, and jack, and it went down to 3452 lbs. If you calculate out what a half tank of gasoline weighs, it would take the weight down to 3400 lbs even with exactly half a tank of gas. I also weighed my '01 Bullitt the same day, and with a full tank (stock except for Koni shocks and an Eibach front sway bar) it weighed 3383 lbs, and 3348 lbs with no spare, floor mats, or jack.

FWIW I weighed my stock mufflers when I took them off and replaced them with the SLP Loudmouths. The stock mufflers weighed 30.4 lbs (for both), and the SLP's were 13.9 lbs, for a weight savings of 16.5 lbs. I was a little surprised when I weighed the Bullitt grille vs the stock GT grille, and found the light-less Bullitt grille was only half a pound lighter.

 

how do you figure the 07's weight 125 lbs more then an 06? Whats different?

 

I created a thread a while back stating the difference in weight between 05-06 vs 07+ models. 07+ models have more steel reinforcement to accomodate the gt500 engine. One of the guy work at ford and he state what was in their fact book.

 

metric grrr with out me 1700 kg with me 1790kg

 

I knew I should of taken a pic....

 

Last timed I weighed my 06gt it was 3360 with a half tank of gas and without me.

 

I believe there is a slight increase in weight from 2006 to 2007, but the real world numbers just don't bear out your claim of 125 lbs. Many people have weighed their S197 Mustangs, and that 125 lb figure just does not ring true. Mine came in at a true curb weight of 3491 lbs as delivered from the factory, full fluids and no driver, which means a 2006 with the same options would only have weighed 3366 lbs, that's lighter than my 2001 Bullitt.

 

It's interesting that these numbers are so close...

 

I got this from a thread I started a while ago. One of our forum member stated this.
http://forums.bradbarnett.net/showthread.php?t=471916

Straight from the Ford Sourcebooks...

GT Coupe Manual Trans:

• 2005-2006 = 3,356 lbs
• 2007-2008 = 3,483 lbs (a gain of 127 lbs per Ford)

GT Coupe Auto Trans:

• 2005-2006 = 3,540 lbs
• 2007-2008 = 3,532 lbs (a reduction of 8 lbs per Ford)

 

Not interesting at all, as it is an apples to oranges comparison, unless 2kanchoo was weighing a completely stock car. He has a lot of mods listed for his car, some add weight, some take it away, he also doesn't list all of the options on his car, and had a half tank of gas, which weighs 50-55 lbs. All of those things will change the weight.

 

...and those numbers simply can't all be right. I read and participated in that thread you quoted from. How did Ford make the automatic transmission weigh 135 lbs less in 2007 than it did in 2006? Wasn't the automatic trans the same in 2007 vs 2006? Errors can be made in books. People who have weighed their cars have not come close to 3356 lbs for the full curb weight (full fluids, no driver) on a 2005-06 Mustang GT. Car and Driver weighs the cars they test, and they show weights of 3583 lbs for the 2005 Mustang GT they tested (MT, premium, Shaker 1000) and 3540 lbs for the 2007 Shelby GT they tested (MT, no Shaker 1000, and Shelby's don't have spare tires). Car and Driver weigh the cars they test with full tnaks of gas and no driver, which is the only way to get a consistent weight for a car.

 

yea I don't think its correct either. Id say all thre S197's are within a few pounds of respective versions no matter what year it is.. There was no extra 127 lbs worth of steel for the 5.4 motor installed.. I think that was someones opinion not based on facts.