Weight of Engines • The Dodge Challenger Message Board

by **dave-r** » 20 Jan 2004 10:19

I just stole this link from my club (MMA) messege board.

http://www.team.net/sol/tech/engine.html

The link is a list of all kinds of engines and their weights.

Here is a sumary of the engines we are interested in.

by **Christer** » 22 Jan 2004 11:23

...and for those of us who are more comfortable with the metric system:

Slant 6 = 216 kg
273-340 = 238 kg
360 = 250 kg
361-383-400 = 281 kg
413-426W-440 = 304 kg
426H = 347 kg

Dave; I have used "1 Ib=0,454 kg" in my calculations. Is that correct?

by **dave-r** » 22 Jan 2004 12:40

I think you are at the very least in the ballpark with that figure. I have an accurate conversion reference at home but I suspect you are well within 5kg and that is near enough.

All you have to remember is to use an engine crane/hoist and stand rated well above those weights. The bigger the margin of error the safer you are.

The figures are an interesting comparison when building a performance car. You can easily build a 400+ inch small block that weighed less than 500lbs for example which would be around 150lbs lighter than a big block of the same capacity/power.

Unless you are talking alloy RB blocks of course. Andy Neil was saying an all-alloy Hemi weighs around 475lbs.

Which is why that is the block I would use if I ever got to build that blown 32 3-window I always wanted.

by **Christer** » 22 Jan 2004 13:04

Thanks!

One thing more: Is it any difference between Ib and Ibs?
(In my book, I only find the abbreviation Ib but not Ibs.)

If you don´t ask, you don´t get any answers.... :roll:

by **dave-r** » 22 Jan 2004 13:44

I do English lessons now too? :shock:

lb (LB NOT IB) is short for POUND i.e. ONE pound (1lb)

lbs is short for POUNDS i.e. TWO pounds (2lbs)

Don't ask me why lb is short for pound because I do not know!

In the old non-metric currency of Britain the currency Pound was abriviated 'L'. In fact the Pound symbol '£' (this may not show on your compuer if it does not have the UK fonts) is just a fancy letter L.

Shillings were 's' and Pence were 'd' I think. We changed to decimal currency in 1970 so even an old bugger like me has trouble remembering.

by **Christer** » 22 Jan 2004 14:00

The one of us who lives in non-english spoken countries certainly can need a little lesson from time to time.....At least I do. I think you remember the story when I did spell the word PINT in the wrong way. I spelled it PAINT :oops:

I will never forget that.

dave-r wrote: Pint! Christer. PINT!

Drink paint and you will know about it! Your toilet bowl will look like Andy Warhol has been messing on in your bathroom!

If you think that I, or anybody else, comes from the subject too much, just let us know :!:

by **dave-r** » 22 Jan 2004 14:29

I had forgotten about that! :lol:

I was thinking about where you live the other day. I could go from my front door to your front door and only drive 10 miles! I should do that some day and you can show me the way to one of your shows over there.

Not sure how long the North Sea ferry takes though? Is it about 20 hours or something???? That is a long time with nothing to do but eat and drink. :shock:

by **Christer** » 23 Jan 2004 10:01

I did a quick check on the internet. It takes even a little bit longer than that, 24 hours to be precise! ( http://www.dfdsseaways.com )

It would really be fun if you could come over to Gothenburg someday. Maybe I could give you a little swedish lesson then

.

We have a quite roomy and nice flat (with a view!) in the centre of Gothenburg, if you (and your travel mate, of course) like to stay at our place. Every second week, we have three kids, so we better avoid those weeks, so it won´t be too crowded.

We have a very nice amusement park in our town with a new rollercoaster ride if you are intrested in that ( http://www.liseberg.se/intro.asp ).

I will post some information in the Eventes in europe section soon. I would really like to go to the Scandinavian mopar nationals this year (12-13th of June). The drawback with this event is that it takes place some 300 km from here. Naturally, I would like to have my Chally finished until then. It feels like I am doing some progress in the garage (I will post some more info about that...) Let´s see what the future brings! Cheers!

PS. We have some hopes to visit Newcastle someday, and hopefully see you there. DS.

by **dave-r** » 23 Jan 2004 11:04

Oh sure! Take it as read that any of you regular guys on this board are more than welcome to stay at mine for a weekend or so.

Roger should be popping in mid Feb. on his way around the world.

If you want to treat your partner to a weekend away Christer then Newcastle is ideal. Party capital and shopping capital of the North! Your money should go far over here too.

I think this year, or at least the first half of it, I will not be able to go anywhere myself as my garage should be getting built May-July. After then I may not have any money to go anywhere!

by **72 Challenger (Hans)** » 23 Jan 2004 18:12

an all-alloy Hemi weighs around 475lbs

This is good news, then I'll doing some weightsavings while getting 300hp/trq MORE then I already own

by **dave-r** » 23 Jan 2004 19:31

Oh. And before I forget again a Pound is 0.4535924Kg. :wink:

by **insuranceguy** » 23 Jan 2004 20:23

Dave,

The abreviation for the pound (lb) actually comes from the Roman
libra each of whose fractions, 1, 11/12, 5/6, 3/4, 2/3 etc was named
individually in the Egyptian manner.

by **dave-r** » 24 Jan 2004 12:07

Ah yes! Libra, The scales. Liberty and all that.

Now if I had gone to school instead of bunking off all the time I might have known that. Maybe!

Thanks for shedding some light on that!