Here is the answer I recieved from the source that has proven reliable:

Japanese weights are calculated without spare tire, jack, and sero fuel. The US spec car gained 90 kilos in actual mass, though. The additional weight is at the poles of the US vehicle.

There you have it. The weight is calcualted different. Total weight gained is 90 kilos

 

90 kgs is 198.4 lbs which is still a helluva lot of weight.

 

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Had same info posted as Rax

 

I think I hear an echo.

Like I said in another thread, curb weight reflects actual driving weight far better. I think it's a much better means of measuring weight.

 

194 is still better than 300+.. now I dont have to diet quite so much, and i can invite the semi-fat chicks into the car

 

Could you ask for us what he meant? What i mean is 198lbs and 6.656 oz

Could this all be the beams. What I want to say is because of ACD/AYC but we're not suppose to get it.

 

when Road & Track weighed the Evo7 they tested this summer for their handling test: 3260 lbs exactly the same as the chev Z06

 

We know. The 8 is suppose to be lighter than the 7. And remember we don't have ACD/AYC and 6-speed. Then again the evoVII doesn't have 6-sp either. So maybe it's about right. We traded the ACD/AYC for safty

 

Well, lately all of the new car models are showing more weight then the previous models they are replacing. I guess, we could get used to the extra pounds that are showing up there after all. Not that I like it, but there it is and nothing can be done about it right now.

The worst part for me is that class that I am in right now doesn't have allowance for the sound insulators to be removed for some strange reason, so it will not be easy to trim that weight down to the 2750, which is currently the lowest allowed!

Mr. AWD
ps. I guess, I could always go for the EVO 7 instead...

 

You should never do that!!

 

crash safety as opposed to handling safety. I guess they expect us to crash the cars anyways

 

One thing I think we are not taking into consideration is the fact that the fuel tank is bigger in the US Evo. And since in the US we measure the curb weight when the car is full of liquids, you have to realize there is 4 more gallons worth of gas that is built into that curb weight number we are seeing all over this site. Gas isn't light...it could account for 30-40 of the extra weight we are seeing over the JDM car...

though, if I knew how much a gallon of gas weighs, my kernal of info could be more pertinant.

SC

 

gas weighs 6-7 lbs per gallon. so we're looking at a maximum of 28 lbs for gas, and maybe 5 more for the larger tank

 

12 G * 6 lbs = 72lbs

 

I don't think so. I'm under the impression the JDM Evo VIII gained over 10 lbs over the JDM Evo VII. This is due mainly from the 6 speed tranny. This is why they used more light weight materials where they could in order to counter the weight gained from the 6 speed. (lighter wheels, etc.) Otherwise the VIII would have been quite a bit heavier then the VII.