mvp2765

Great thread. Seems like the Braille battery, cf Hood and removal of the spare give the
Largest weight saving without too much hassel.. I too would go lighter wheels and 2pc rotors

Capn

How about the rear bench seat? Probably not much of a weight savings there.

mthis

Rear bottom seat is only 8-9lbs

The top part is heavy.

bluejae

OEM Exhaust Manifold (Drivers) = 7.16 lbs
OEM Exhaust Manifold (Passenger) = 7.32 lbs

is this from the tips to the resonator?

Blown63

Does any one know how to remove our seats? Is it easy? I am thinking I would remove my passenger seat on drag days. Thanks for helps guys!

bluejae

ignore my post above... i just looked at what i copied and pasted when i posted the question and i was mistaken... i was looking for the weight of the oem mufflers NOT manifolds...

jianglan

I need to drive a ZL1. Only seen a few in person.

Flori56nda

I'll expand the categories once we get more data pooled.

Footbrawler80

This is an awesome thread, great work. Thanks for the info!

m5trol

I was looking at the weight specs from mbusa.com and it claims weight of 3600 lbs for the sedan (3800 for coupe). This sort of flies in the face of seemingly established wisdom that the cars are about 4000lbs. What am I missing? Here is the link by the way: http://www.mbusa.com/mercedes/vehicl...nt=model-specs

Has anyone actually measured the cars on the scales? Coupe or sedan?

C63Analyst

I am assuming that is the "dry" weight, once you add a full tank of fuel, all the fluids, and a driver, you are getting up to 4,000 lbs for even the sedan.

What baffles me is that the sedan weighs less than the coupe. I would assume 2 less doors and a shorter wheelbase would mean less weight?

MaxRosen

where can I find the weight of the stock parts, just so I can compare?

thanks

Rebellious_AMG

The parts listed "OEM" are the stock parts.

fsmtnbiker

2009 C63
5/8 tank of fuel
Spare Tire, Jack, Tools removed

AMG893

Factory HK Subwoofer from 2010 Estate- 6lbs/ 2.72 Kgs

AMG893

Factory Space Saver Spare wheel (Rim & Tyre) from Estate 2010 (should be same as Sedan)- 30lbs

Factory Jack/ Tools/ Gloves (the things found in that plastic circle thing inside the space saver spare) Including the black plastic round thing- 10lbs

In estate cars, when you lift the rear floor up to access the spare tyres, there is a grey foam holder there, which holds a collapsible storage crate, and the warning triangle.
This altogether with the crate & triangle, weighs- 6lbs

freefall

Pano roof weight....

AMG893

PAIR OEM Mufflers & tips including about 50cm of piping on each
27.5KG (60.4lbs)

PAIR OEM Headers
6.4KG (14.1lbs)

PAIR Factory primary cats including about 1metre of piping.
11.2Kg (24.6lbs)

C63TSgt

17x8 ET45 TSW Nurburgring rears for drag racing = 18.2lbs no valve stem


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C63TSgt

Hoosier DOT in 275/40/17
22.6lbs
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Tinbucket

i don't know the structure on our C63s.
On a previous car, in the eighties-nities, drag racers were removing the heavy steel bumper behind the plastic facias at each end or substituting aluminum and later a hard foam. I don't remember specifics
A car this small weighing near four thousand pounds with an aluminum motor and trans light flywheel and drive shaft seems high compared to my 69 Mustang which was larger I believe.
I would not remove the steel beams, if it they're, there ever for normal driving. If a titanium one was in budget and available maybe.
With carbon ceramic rotors and carbon fiber hood, and me losing a hundred pounds or letting wife race it, there would be a two hundred fifty pound savings.
Sixty four pounds, carbon ceramic rotors and guesstimate 80 lbs for hood. That would be 3840 lbs minus 144 lbs or 3696 lbs weight empty.
I don't like real light wheels on higher hp cars. Ruin your day if one breaks or bends.

bhamg

Forgestar 19x10 CF5V rear wheel (no TPMS or hubcentric ring installed) - 21.0 lbs

c63er

It kind of sucks that the real heavy items and potential for weight savings are in the rear of the car (battery, spare tire, trunk, rear mufflers, etc). This would only affect the traction and handling of the car negatively as it is already hard to get any traction in low gears and the weight distribution is already front-biased to begin with. Weight savings are good if you are building a drag strip car but if you actually want improved handling sometimes less weight makes things worse. There is a reason why people who are serious about getting the best out of their car actually put ballasts in some corners or sides of the car. Just a note. Don't get too obsessed with shaving the most weight off your car. Sometimes it's not a good thing.

asoria2016

What do you guys think of this air intake seller claims it can give 20 hp is it recommended??

GRP

Looks like a great way to suck in the hottest possible air - perhaps they meant lose 20HP.