John, you're welcome -good to meet ya.
Migge, the 16ga steel weighs 2.5 pounds per square foot. (foot box). The floor weighs 5 pounds per sq/ft
15 sqf foot box - 37.5 pounds
13.5 sqf floor - 67.5 pounds
estimated 2 pounds of weld
total 107.0 pounds.
Before the foot boxes and the floors the car was on the scale and read 1574 pounds (incl Body and rims). As of now I should be somewhere in the neighborhood of 1700 pounds.
My target of 1800 pounds is out of the question. The estimate was based on aluminum foot boxes and floors. Seeing some of the "conventional" build ones after an accident, made me revise that plan. Just a flat tire spinning parts of it could crumble these alu foot boxes.
In the rear there will be added also steel splash guards (maybe 7 pounds).
To sum that up - just below 2000 lb is realistic.
That means 4.3 lb per HP. P to W = P/W
Better than a Lamborghini Murciélago (5.1lb/hp) or a Porsche 911 GT2 (6.1lb/hp)
