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Posted: Mon Jan 24, 2005 10:40 am 
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Just curious how much a 1981 LTD with a 351 clevo weighs?
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Posted: Mon Jan 24, 2005 11:19 am 
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Should have it written on the id plates on the passenger side plenemn chamber.

But I'd guess about 1700 to 1800kgs.

 

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Posted: Mon Jan 24, 2005 7:34 pm 
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i wouldn't have thought they were that heavy, a fairmont ghia is 1550 or thereabouts, so it shouldn't be more than 100kg heavier, but i could be wrong.
also, the c4 is heaps lighter than the FMX gearbox.

 

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Posted: Mon Jan 24, 2005 7:36 pm 
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1650.

 

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Posted: Tue Jan 25, 2005 5:10 am 
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i wouldn't have thought they were that heavy, a fairmont ghia is 1550 or thereabouts, so it shouldn't be more than 100kg heavier, but i could be wrong.
also, the c4 is heaps lighter than the FMX gearbox.

umm..... wtf? the XD 351's IIRC had the FMX, only the 302's would've scored the C4 (as well as maybe some of the 6 cyl's tha were taxi's)

 

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Posted: Tue Jan 25, 2005 10:20 am 
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roughly 1800ish i have one...

 

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Posted: Tue Jan 25, 2005 7:43 pm 
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Interceptor wrote:
smoke_rubber wrote:
i wouldn't have thought they were that heavy, a fairmont ghia is 1550 or thereabouts, so it shouldn't be more than 100kg heavier, but i could be wrong.
also, the c4 is heaps lighter than the FMX gearbox.

umm..... wtf? the XD 351's IIRC had the FMX, only the 302's would've scored the C4 (as well as maybe some of the 6 cyl's tha were taxi's)

i was just stating that the c4's are lighter than the FMX, f**k me what gearbox comes in each model, just thought that might have been useful info.

 

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Posted: Wed Jan 26, 2005 6:38 am 
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According to my 1979 FC ltd fully optioned it is 1650 as per my previos post !

 

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Posted: Tue Feb 08, 2005 5:58 pm 
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the fairlane warranty and maintenance book you get says 351 fmx 1670kg this is fords quote at the time just add the ltd extras

 

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Posted: Fri Feb 11, 2005 7:27 pm 
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the fairlane warranty and maintenance book you get says 351 fmx 1670kg this is fords quote at the time just add the ltd extras


Obviosly this book is correct and ford stamped all there cars incorrectly.

 

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Posted: Fri Feb 11, 2005 11:42 pm 
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Check the weight of a XD V8 4.9L Fairmont sedan auto, I can't remember what the manual said but when I got it weighed it weighed more than Ford said (1520kgs) and I was using alloy snow flake wheels (standard is steel wheels), no tools, no spare, little fuel, no A/C pump, no stereo, no speakers, it did have Pwr Steer and a very light factory tow bar (tongue and ball removed). I basically gutted the car for the scales, I wanted it under 1510kgs for a $90 less a year rego (I am a tight a*** at times, and don't like giving anything to the RTA, I spent $10 to save $90 at rego time).

I was going to go home, remove the tow bar and come back to do the weight again, as soon as the bloke heard this he signed it off as 1500kg, he did want to walk back to the scales that day :twisted: .

So I wouldn't believe a factory manual, just use it as a guideline.

 

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