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Originally Posted by bmwfahrer
From this thread and others, I've gathered that the Kirkhams are up to a couple hundred pounds lighter than others, can anybody offer a detailed breakdown of how? Their website says the following, but is not specific on how:
"Weight: From over 2400 pounds for a car with original style suspension, brakes, differential, top loader, 427 FE with iron block and heads to less than 2000 pounds with all of our lightweight options and an aluminum engine."
The ERA website, meanwhile, quotes 2600 for an Fe FE. I'd be curious to know if there's info like "alu frame saves XX, suspension bits ABC save YY," etc. I've done some thread searching, but not found many definitive numbers. |
The ERA has a fiberglass body, the Kirkham body is aluminum and besides the billet aluminum suspension, the Kirkham comes with aluminum differential housing. My Kirkham weighed in around 2,100-2,150 lbs and that was years ago. I'm sure the Kirkhams have worked more of their magic since 2007.
I don't think I can recall an exact piece-by-piece weight comparison of a Kirkham versus another manufacturer.