View Single Post
Old 07-14-2017, 01:58 PM   #1619
funwheeldrive
Senior Member
 
Join Date: Jan 2014
Drives: BANNED FOR TELLING THE TRUTH
Location: MODS ARE ON A POWER TRIP
Posts: 3,447
Thanks: 7,830
Thanked 3,022 Times in 1,409 Posts
Mentioned: 38 Post(s)
Quote:
Originally Posted by Sport-Tech View Post
The Corvette uses a platform designed and developed about 7 years ago and sports a relatively heavy v8.


The LT1 weighs around 465lbs. Not bad for a v8 making 450hp.


Quote:
Originally Posted by Sport-Tech View Post
You're a bit high there - according to Porsche the base Cayman is 2988 lbs.

I would be surprised if someone actually had a Cayman that isn't at least 3000lbs on a real world scale. I'm sure the 29XX number is some marketing magic. I could be wrong though. I would love to see a MY17 Cayman on a real scale.
funwheeldrive is offline  
The Following User Says Thank You to funwheeldrive For This Useful Post:
vh_supra26 (07-14-2017)