RX-7 Weights Table Below are RX-7 related weights posted from various RX-7 owners around the globe. Some weights are duplicated due to large observed variance or disputes. I've removed most of the wheel and tire weight data as much of this is obsolete or duplicated on other sites. | |||
Item |
Weight |
Source |
Year |
Entire Car | |||
Gene Felber's 3rd Gen Base; rear interior removed; M2 roll bar; single turbo; no AC, air pump, or PS | 2615 | Gene Felber |
2004 |
PFS 3rd gen race car |
2300 |
Kevin Wyum |
1997 |
Jim LaBreck's car before 20B |
2500 |
Jim LaBreck |
1999 |
Jim LaBreck's est weight reduction before 20B |
175-200 |
Jim LaBreck |
1998 |
Sandy L.'s car without 50lb spare, with 15gal fuel |
2520 |
Sandy L |
1999 |
Base model w/leather, cruise, no spare tire, 1/8th tank |
2710 |
Mike ? |
1998 |
Pettit 3 rotor, 550 hp |
2740 |
SCC 11/98, p53 |
1998 |
Sandy L.'s car no spare, a/c, or ps, 5 gal fuel |
2740 |
Sandy L |
1999 |
Hung-Jen Hung's cornerbalanced car w/GC GAB Super R's |
2743 |
Hung-Jen Hung |
1998 |
CAR mag test for '99, probably a Mazda figure 2778 |
2778 |
Wael El Dasher |
1999 |
Stock 93 base model, 3/8 tank gas |
2780 |
Max Cooper |
1998 |
93 RX7 2789 Mazda sales brochure |
2789 |
Mazda Sales Brochure |
1993 |
93 Base with 1/4 tank fuel |
2800 |
Sean Adee |
1999 |
R1 2801 |
2801 |
Dennis Pedersen |
1998 |
Jeff Witzer's R1, no driver, 1/2 tank, stock wheels |
2835 |
Jeff Witzer |
1998 |
93 RX7 |
2840 |
Felix Miata |
1998 |
Touring with manual transmission |
2862 |
Dennis Pedersen |
1998 |
Gordon Monson's car |
2870 |
Gordon Monson |
1999 |
93 Touring with Bose etc. |
2870 |
Road and Track 4/92 |
1992 |
Mazda Australia one-off prototype SPII |
2910 |
Jeff Smith |
1999 |
Body/Interior | |||
J&S Knock sensor complete w/ AF meter and uncut leads 2.6 "anonymous" |
2.60 |
anonymous |
NA |
Front tow hooks with bolts 2.6 |
2.60 |
anonymous |
NA |
Rear tow hooks with bolts 3.1 |
3.10 |
anonymous |
NA |
99 front end reinforcement bar |
7.00 |
Cody Oliver |
1999 |
Fiberglass rear hatch |
27.00 |
Adam S |
NA |
Rear hatch plasic |
3.67 |
Gene Felber |
2000 |
Rear trunk plastic |
7.50 |
Gene Felber |
2000 |
Rear luggage/bin separator panel (removable) |
4.88 |
Gene Felber |
2000 |
All glass in 3rd gen 50 Trev (NetBlazer) |
50.00 |
Trev |
1998 |
Fuel - full tank 21 gals @ 5.6 lbs/gal |
118.00 |
NA |
NA |
Drilling out a pre-99 bumper insert, 2" circles |
2.50 |
Jim LaBreck |
1998 |
Fiberglass front bumper reinforcement and 6 mounting bolts |
9.5 |
Paul Winter |
2003 |
stock horns (2) |
1 |
Paul Winter |
2003 |
stainless 1/2" mesh screens from Pegasus for rad. inlet and oil cooler on PFS front bumper |
1.5 |
Paul Winter |
2003 |
Air bag, passenger side |
6.00 |
Wade Lanham |
2001 |
Air bag, driver' |
3.00 |
Wade Lanham |
2001 |
Hood, Stock aluminum |
18.00 |
Yamaguchi text |
1993 |
Seats, stock without rails |
28.00 |
Johnny Gossett |
2000 |
Seat, MOMO Start FG listed as 12.5 |
15.00 |
Gene Felber |
2003 |
Cigarette lighter |
0.06 |
anonymous |
NA |
Mazdaspeed short shift kit with bolts and ring |
1.20 |
anonymous |
NA |
Stock shifter with bolts |
1.10 |
anonymous |
NA |
Stock shift knob |
0.70 |
anonymous |
NA |
Rollbar, Kirk Racing |
80.00 |
Alan Beder |
1999 |
Rollbar Kirk Rcng w/ diag brace&drivers hoop |
73.00 |
Chris Regan |
1999 |
Stock driver's speaker/enclosure |
2.00 |
Gene Felber |
2001 |
Stock passenger's speaker/enclosure |
2.00 |
Gene Felber |
2001 |
rear trunk plastic-aft of rear speakers |
7.50 |
Gene Felber |
2001 |
stock ECU harness "guard" |
0.31 |
Gene Felber |
2001 |
M2 Roll Bar with diagonal brace and rear harness bar |
46 |
Gene Felber |
2001 |
steering wheel & air bag |
9.31 |
Gene Felber |
2001 |
Sparco wheel and MS adaptor |
3.25 |
Gene Felber |
2001 |
Seat, Sparco Evo |
12.00 |
Gene Felber |
2001 |
jack and crank handle |
3.44 |
Gene Felber |
2001 |
stock shift knob |
0.70 |
Gene Felber |
2001 |
Factory seats/brackets |
34.00 |
Paul Winter |
2003 |
Seat belts and reels |
2.25 |
Paul Winter |
2003 |
Misc hardware and fasteners |
5.00 |
Paul Winter |
2003 |
Rear compartment lifting cover |
2.75 |
Paul Winter |
2003 |
Rear Bins and lids (note that one bin was previously cut to allow battery relo) |
10.00 |
Paul Winter |
2003 |
Rear carpet (touring type) |
8.00 |
Paul Winter |
2003 |
CB radio and antenna base |
2.00 |
Paul Winter |
2003 |
Radio and CB player from dash |
6.25 |
Paul Winter |
2003 |
Door speakers and enclosures (both) |
8.00 |
Paul Winter |
2003 |
Sunvisors (both) |
1.25 |
Paul Winter |
2003 |
Driver side inner door panel |
5.25 |
Paul Winter |
2003 |
Passenger side inner door panel |
4.50 |
Paul Winter |
2003 |
Rear compartment plastic divider |
4.25 |
Paul Winter |
2003 |
Bose rear speaker tubes and driver, amp not included |
17.25 |
Paul Winter |
2003 |
All other rear trim panels, front kick panel, gauage pods |
14.25 |
Paul Winter |
2003 |
Rear Bins and lids |
10.25 |
Gene Felber |
2003 |
tar, bin area |
2.10 |
Gene Felber |
2003 |
tar, driver and passenger footwells, tranny tunnel |
6.00 |
Gene Felber |
2003 |
Electrical | |||
Stock fog lights |
3.20 |
Rudy |
1998 |
Wire & relays removed (headlight motors, fans, horns, etc) |
15.00 |
Jim LaBreck |
1998 |
Stock battery |
36.50 |
Gene Felber |
2001 |
Stock battery |
36.50 |
Brian Gobel |
1999 |
Stock battery |
35.70 |
N-Tech |
1999 |
Miata battery |
25.00 |
Gene Felber |
2001 |
Hawker Genesis G26EP 26 Ah (used in Pettit kit?) |
22.50 |
Hawker website |
1999 |
N-Tech BMK (Hawker Oddyssey PC650?) |
14.50 |
Brian Gobel |
1999 |
N-Tech BMK (Hawker Oddyssey PC650?) |
14.70 |
N-Tech |
1999 |
Hawker Oddyssey PC545 230 CCA |
12.00 |
Hawker website |
1999 |
Hawker Oddyssey PC625 265 CCA |
13.20 |
Hawker website |
1999 |
Hawker Oddyssey PC680 280 CCA |
14.70 |
Hawker website |
1999 |
Optima 800S, 800 CCA, Optima's lightest 12V battery |
39.00 |
Optima website |
1999 |
Taylor Vertex 32 Ah, 225 CCA |
20.00 |
Taylor Vertex website |
1999 |
Engine | |||
T2 engine w/accessories |
350-375 |
Max Cooper |
1999 |
13BT 86-88 T2 |
375.00 |
Max Cooper |
2000 |
13BREW with flywheel, turbos, No AC, air pump or PS |
320.00 |
Les D. |
2001 |
Accessories: | |||
Airpump 20 Steve Cirian 08 Aug 1998 |
20.00 |
Steve Cirian |
1998 |
Power steering and A/C, brackets, pulleys, etc 38.6 RudylRx7@aol.com 20 Sep 1999 |
38.60 |
Rudy |
1999 |
Front engine eye hook w/both bolts 0.73 "anonymous" |
0.73 |
Anonymous |
1999 |
Rear engine eye hook w/1 bolt 0.18 "anonymous" |
0.18 |
Anonymous |
1999 |
Stock air sep tank w/both pressure hoses, top bracket & bolts 0.97 "anonymous" |
0.97 |
Anonymous |
1999 |
Stock turbos, center housing, wastegate, pre-ctrl actuators 28.2 (Not exhaust manifold and DP studs) |
28.20 |
Max Cooper |
2000 |
stock intercooler |
5.00 |
Gene Felber |
2001 |
misc brackets for airbox and airbox |
5.88 |
Gene Felber |
2001 |
intake hoses |
1.31 |
Gene Felber |
2001 |
intercooler hoses |
5.13 |
Gene Felber |
2001 |
FAST strut bar |
3.60 |
Gene Felber |
2001 |
M2 airbox w/K&Ns |
3.88 |
Gene Felber |
2001 |
M2 AL intake hoses |
1.25 |
Gene Felber |
2001 |
M2 intercooler hoses |
3.00 |
Gene Felber |
2001 |
Pulleys | |||
Stock steel pulley w/bolts and timimg ring |
3.40 |
Gene Felber |
2000 |
stock e-shaft pulley |
3.25 |
Gene Felber |
2001 |
Stock belts, each |
0.30 |
Anonymous |
2000 |
Greddy pulley kit (alloy wp and alt pulleys) |
1.40 |
Anonymous |
1999 |
Greddy belt for no air pump |
0.16 |
Anonymous |
1999 |
Pettit main pulley, alloy, w/ allen screws |
1.40 |
Anonymous |
1999 |
Unorthodox e-shaft pulley |
1.40 |
Gene Felber |
2001 |
Downpipes | |||
Stock pre-cat |
22.50 |
NA |
1999 |
Stock pre-cat w/O2 sensor) |
22.60 |
Max Cooper |
1999 |
Stock pre-cat |
24.00 |
NA |
NA |
Bonez SS |
8.00 |
Scot Knight |
1999 |
Bonez (RP) SS, without O2 sensor |
8.00 |
Max Cooper |
1998 |
Bonez MS |
11.00 |
Scot Knight |
1999 |
Bonez MS, weighed on a digital bathroom scale |
13.00 |
Wade Lanham |
1998 |
Pettit SS DP with Jet Hot Grey 2000 Coat |
8.00 |
Jeff Hackett |
2001 |
Main Cat | |||
Stock |
33.50 |
Gene Felber |
2001 |
Stock |
30.00 |
Max Cooper |
1999 |
N-Tech SS high-flow cat with air-pump pipe |
11.60 |
Max Cooper |
1999 |
N-Tech SS high-flow cat |
12.00 |
Max Cooper |
1999 |
Random Technology |
30.00 |
Doug Underwood |
1999 |
Rotary Performance hi-flo cat (stainless) |
16.00 |
Ed Kim |
2000 |
Rotary Performance hi-flo cat (stainless) |
16.00 |
Gene Felber |
2001 |
Catbacks | |||
Stock |
33.50 |
Gene Felber |
2001 |
Stock |
33.00 |
Gene Felber |
2000 |
Stock |
31.00 |
Scot Knight |
1998 |
Stock |
33.60 |
Max Cooper |
1998 |
Stock |
33.00 |
Max Cooper |
1999 |
Apex N1 |
29.50 |
Thom Chow |
1999 |
ASP w/Ultraflow (midpipe + exhaust) |
22.00 |
Kevin Wyum |
1997 |
ATR 2 piece SS (same as Pettit?) |
19.00 |
Billy Spense |
1998 |
Greddy PE |
28.00 |
Max Cooper |
1999 |
Greddy/P race only 3.75" with resonated center section | 36 | Gene Felber | 2004 |
Pettit TKT w/5.25" tip |
18.00 |
Jerry Josz |
1998 |
PFS |
19.00 |
Steve Cirian |
NA |
Racing Beat (RS*R) stainless steel |
24.00 |
Steve Cirian |
NA |
Racing Beat (RS*R) mild steel |
24.00 |
Steve Cirian |
NA |
RS*R painted dual tip w/hardware (0.8 lbs) |
30.40 |
Max Cooper |
2000 |
RS*R stainless single tip- rear muffler only |
18.50 |
Gene Felber |
2001 |
Tanabe |
39.00 |
RudyRX7 |
1998 |
Radiators | |||
Stock 8.5 Yamagughi text |
8.50 |
Yamaguchi Text |
1993 |
Flywheels | |||
Stock |
23.00 |
Dale Black |
1999 |
Stock |
22.00 |
Thom Chow |
1999 |
Stock |
22.00 |
Gene Felber |
2000 |
Auto trans counterweight |
3.50 |
Felix Miaturd |
1998 |
Auto trans counterweight |
5.00 |
Dale Black |
1999 |
Centerforce |
11.00 |
Alan Beder |
1999 |
Exedy chrome-moly lightweight |
10.80 |
SCC 7/99 p215 |
1999 |
MazdaTrix |
12.00 |
Nelson Starbranch |
1999 |
Mostly Mazda |
8.00 |
Nelson Starbranch |
1999 |
Mostly Mazda |
11.00 |
Nelson Starbranch |
1999 |
Pettit w/replacable surf |
8.50 |
Jeff Witzer |
1999 |
Pettit "8.5" |
8.50 |
Nelson Starbranch |
1999 |
Pettit "11.5" |
11.50 |
Nelson Starbranch |
1999 |
Racing Beat alum w/steel friction surface incl counterweight |
11.50 |
Nick Riefner |
1999 |
Racing Beat aluminum |
12.50 |
Racing Beat website |
2000 |
Racing Beat aluminum(8.2lb, 4lb cntrwt, .6lb hrdwr & pckging) |
12.80 |
Max Cooper |
1999 |
Racing Beat lightweight steel |
17.70 |
Racing Beat website |
2000 |
Rotary Performance |
8.50 |
Nelson Starbranch |
1999 |
Rotary Performance |
9.25 |
Nelson Starbranch |
1999 |
RX-7 Fashion |
8.00 |
Nelson Starbranch |
1999 |
Shane Racing |
9.50 |
Nelson Starbranch |
1999 |
TriPoint aluminum |
8.50 |
Richard Thomason |
1999 |
Wholesale Hyperformance chrome moly |
11.90 |
Andreas Darmawan |
1999 |
Transmission: | |||
Stock 5 speed dry |
112.00 |
Jim LaBreck |
2001 |
Stock 5 speed without fluids |
116.00 |
Shannon Ward |
2000 |
Stock 5 speed without bellhousing, with shipping box |
90.00 |
Christopher (Krzysi013) |
2000 |
Borg Warner T56 133 |
133.00 |
Jim LaBreck |
2000 |
Borg Warner T56 dry 122 |
122.00 |
Jim LaBreck |
2001 |
Tremec TKO or TR-3550 |
74.00 |
Jim LaBreck |
2000 |
Power Plant Frame | |||
Stock |
20.30 |
Bernd Kluesnener |
1998 |
Mazdaspeed |
20.30 |
Bernd Kluesnener |
1998 |
Brake Parts: | |||
AP Racing 330m compared to stock, per wheel -2.6 Bernd Kluesener 05 Jun 1998 |
18.20 |
Bernd Kluesener |
1998 |
Vlaskis kit front, 355x32 Brembo disc, AP caliper, +2 Mark Valskis 21 Jun 2000 |
22.80 |
Mark Valskis |
2000 |
Vlaskis kit rear 313x25.4 Brembo disc, AP caliper, -4.5 Mark Valskis 21 Jun 2000 |
-4.50 |
Mark Valskis |
2000 |
Stock iron rotors 11.6"x0.85" |
15.00 |
SCC 4/99 |
1999 |
Stock iron rotors 11.6"x0.85" |
14.60 |
SCC 10/98 |
1998 |
AP Racing rotors 330x28 with aluminum mounting bell |
11.90 |
Bernd Kluesener |
1998 |
Brembo rotors, OEM style solid face, front |
15.40 |
Max Cooper |
1999 |
Ikuta rotors, OEM style solid face, rear |
11.20 |
Max Cooper |
1999 |
Cooltech MMC rotors 14x1.25" one-off |
7.65 |
Shiv |
1999 |
M2 AP Racing rotors 13x1.2" 48 vane rotor |
12.50 |
Shiv |
1999 |
Mandeville 13" big brake kit rotors |
14.50 |
Wael El Dasher |
1999 |
Porsche 911 Turbo 12.7" rotors |
21.00 |
SCC 4/99 |
1999 |
Porsche 322x32mm bi-turbo GT cross drilled rotors |
15.30 |
Brad Barber |
1998 |
Stoptech 328x28mm (13.12x1.12") iron slotted rotors on al hats |
10.00 |
Gordon Monsen |
1999 |
Stoptech 328x25 mm MMC rotors with cast-in holes |
4.00 |
Gordon Monsen |
1999 |
Hawk HP+ pads front, set of 4 |
3.20 |
Max Cooper |
1999 |
Hawk HPS pads rear, set of 4 |
1.60 |
Max Cooper |
1999 |
Stock Mazda alloy caliper, front |
6.20 |
SCC 4/99 p205 |
1999 |
AP Racing 3720 caliper |
6.10 |
Bernd Kluesener |
1998 |
Brembo Cooltech 4 piston caliper w/bracket |
9.45 |
SCC 4/99 p205 |
1999 |
Mandeville big brake kit modified stock calipers |
8.50 |
Wael El Dasher |
1999 |
Wilwood caliper |
13.10 |
Brad Barber |
1998 |
Stoptech calipers for above rotors |
6.00 |
Gordon Monsen |
1999 |
Spare Tire, etc: | |||
Spare tire |
21.50 |
Gene Felber |
2001 |
Stock Enkei spare |
21.50 |
Rudy |
1998 |
Stock spare holder bolt and plate |
0.50 |
Rudy |
1998 |
Stock jack & crank handle |
3.44 |
Gene Felber |
2000 |
Stock lug wrench 0.9 "anonymous" |
0.90 |
Anonymous |
2000 |
Stock wheel chock & wing nut |
0.90 |
Anonymous |
2000 |
Stock flat tire holder bolt |
0.30 |
Anonymous |
2000 |
Suspension parts: | |||
Pettit front sway bar steel |
15.00 |
Rick S., Houston RX-7 Club |
1998 |
Racing Beat front sway bar tubular |
11.00 |
Rick S., Houston RX-7 Club |
1998 |
Suspension Techniques front sway bar |
NA |
Trey Jones |
1998 |
CUSCO rear carbon fiber shock tower brace with al end plates |
2.00 |
Rotary Performance |
1998 |
GAB front shock tower brace (and Fastco clone ?) |
3.60 |
Anonymous |
NA |
Tires: | |||
Stock Bridgestone S01 225x50x16 computed from tire+wheel wt 20 Steve Cirian 10 May 1998 |
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Dunlop Radial race slick 260-640-18 |
19.2 |
Paul Winter |
2003 |
Dunlop SP-8000 heavier than Pirelli P-7000 4 Bernd Kluesener 21 Apr 1998 |
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Dunlop SP-8000 245/45 16, Tirerack shipping weight 26 Luke at Tirerack 31 May 2000 |
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Hoosier 245/45 16?, Tirerack shipping weight 18 Luke at Tirerack 31 May 2000 |
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Hoosier R3S02 245/40/17 18 Chuck Mirenda, NSX list 10 Feb 1999 |
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Hoosier R3S02 245/40/17 |
18.5 |
Gene Felber |
2001 |
Hoosier R3S03 275/40/17 |
22.2 |
Paul Winter |
2003 |
Wheels: | |||
Stock 16x8 1993 13.5 SCC 11/98, p238 |
13.5 |
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Stock 16x8, mfg August 1993, weighed on a certified scale Steve Wynveen 30 Aug 1999 |
14.32 |
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Stock 16x8, Mazda literature Steve Wynveen 30 Aug 1998 |
15.4 |
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Stock 16x8, Nick Riefner quoting another source Nick Riefner 23 Jun 1998 |
16.3 |
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Stock 16x8 Chris Regan private post 12 May 1999 |
14.7 |
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Stock `99 RS 17x8, 17x8.5 Ed Kim 15 Mar 1999 |
16.3 |
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Stock `97 RS-R front 17x8 by bathrm scale, (same as `97 RS-R) 18.5 C.E. Howell 15 Mar 1999 |
18.5 |
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Stock `97 RS-R rear 17x8.5 by bathrm scale (same as `97 RS-R) 19.5 C.E. Howell 15 Mar 1999 |
19.5 |
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CCW 17x9.5 18 Marc Schaefer 28 Jan 1999 |
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CCW 17x9.5 19.1 Sandy Linthicum 20 Dec 1998 |
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CCW 17x10 18.5 Marc Schaefer 28 Jan 1999 |
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CCW 17x10 18.75 Seve Cirian 26 May 1999 |
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CCW 18x10 w/ centers 22 Victor Masch 10 Apr 2000 |
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CCW 18x10 w/lightened centers & Titanium fasteners |
19.50 |
Gene Felber |
2003 |
Fikse Profil 18x10 13 spoke |
20.6 |
Paul Winter |
2003 |
IFG 17x9 40 mm offset |
17.25 |
Gene Felber |
2000 |
IFG 17x9 45 mm offset |
17 |
Gene Felber |
2000 |
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