Jim NotreDame IN Posted March 14, 2008 Share Posted March 14, 2008 i was looking at the data page at reatta.net and noticed about a hundred pound difference between the '90 and '91. did they remove something, or was there a chassis change or something? i know they had bigger exhausts and optional larger wheels, so the weight had to come from somewhere else because both of those things would make it heavier. any ideas? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest steakneggs Posted March 14, 2008 Share Posted March 14, 2008 Teves Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Posted March 14, 2008 Share Posted March 14, 2008 The Teves unit is only about a 15 pound deduction. All years use an EBCM so that is the same. The Teves unit on the firewall weighs 23 pounds but the '91s have the Bosch unit mounted on the left front frame rail and I am guessing this unit weighs about 10 pounds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D-a-n-i-e-l Posted March 14, 2008 Share Posted March 14, 2008 The larger wheel probably made it lighter, (less rubber) the exhuast would not make but a 5lb increase. The teves being changed out would have save a decent amount of weght but they then added the ABS assembly so that is probably close to breaking even.Do bolth cars have the same options? 16 way seats, sunroofs?anything of the like? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest mongeonman Posted March 14, 2008 Share Posted March 14, 2008 The only thing i can think of is,maybe you are comparing the specs of a hard top and a soft top. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim NotreDame IN Posted March 15, 2008 Author Share Posted March 15, 2008 wasn't the soft top only available in '91 anyway? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Reatta1 Posted March 15, 2008 Share Posted March 15, 2008 Ragtops were both 90 and 91 so if that is the difference, it should show up in the 90's also. This is one for Barney. I'd bet he could answer it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim NotreDame IN Posted March 15, 2008 Author Share Posted March 15, 2008 i'm not too concerned about what it is, i just thought it would be interesting if there were some swap that you could do to a '90 to drop the weight. i bet gm weighed it without the jack pack and spare or something stupid like that. maybe the factory weight was dry '91. 15 gallons of gas and 5 qts of oil and tranny fluid would account for well over 100 lbs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Booreatta Posted March 16, 2008 Share Posted March 16, 2008 Does $3.25 per gallon of gas weigh less than $1.29? I think that it weighs less in my pocket. Where are we going as a country? Sorry for the vent Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonlabree Posted March 16, 2008 Share Posted March 16, 2008 $3.25 it's $3.48 here.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roadster90 Posted March 16, 2008 Share Posted March 16, 2008 ... air is only $0.75 though. Oh, what a deal errrrrrrrrr and EEERRRRRrrrrr again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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