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weight of a stock astro or v8 I guess

Posted: Mon Aug 11, 2008 4:06 pm
by s10-den
Anyone ever weigh these vans?

Re: weight of a stock astro or v8 I guess

Posted: Mon Aug 11, 2008 4:11 pm
by LiftedAWDAstro
Yup...anywhere from 3500 for an empty early cargo to around 5500+ for a fully loaded 98 4x4 with a dana 44 front axle and a dana 60 rear and full armor. :muhaha:

Re: weight of a stock astro or v8 I guess

Posted: Mon Aug 11, 2008 8:07 pm
by ihatemybike
You can check the specs on http://autos.msn.com/ for what was published.

Re: weight of a stock astro or v8 I guess

Posted: Tue Aug 12, 2008 2:05 am
by peter
ZZ's a passenger van which weighs in at around 5,000 lbs with aluminum bb heads and a 4L80/NP241

Re: weight of a stock astro or v8 I guess

Posted: Tue Aug 12, 2008 3:18 am
by s10-den
:yikes:

Re: weight of a stock astro or v8 I guess

Posted: Wed Aug 13, 2008 2:22 pm
by sfeaver
On the build sheet for my van, there is a spot which shows front and rear weight. I know its not the gross weight, so it makes sense to be the actual weight without any gas in it.

It dhoes 2370 in front, 2039 in rear, which is 4409. That is for a 97 Astro LT, RWD, FE2, Rear air, two benches, cloth, no rear heat, factory tow package. That should give you an idea.

I believe a gallon of gas weighs about six pounds? So 25 gals would be 150 pounds more.

Scott

Re: weight of a stock astro or v8 I guess

Posted: Wed Aug 13, 2008 2:37 pm
by Rebel
Ya just curious or are you up to something ? :-k

I asked that same question one time a few years back,,the mod caused a heart attack and wound up getting real lazy. :muhaha:

Re: weight of a stock astro or v8 I guess

Posted: Wed Aug 13, 2008 5:33 pm
by peter
ROFL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Re: weight of a stock astro or v8 I guess

Posted: Thu Aug 14, 2008 3:50 am
by s10-den
LOL........I was thinking of something, yep :D
witht the weight mentioned above thats almost perfectly ballanced,way better than I thought..

Re: weight of a stock astro or v8 I guess

Posted: Thu Aug 14, 2008 5:21 pm
by SafariRob
My 305 '89 weighs in at 4600 lbs with a full tank and me sitting in it, in case you're still curious about Astro weights.

Re: weight of a stock astro or v8 I guess

Posted: Fri Aug 15, 2008 3:44 am
by s10-den
Rob, is that weight with a conversion van?

Re: weight of a stock astro or v8 I guess

Posted: Fri Aug 29, 2008 5:40 pm
by SafariRob
Sorry, S10-den, for some reason this post didn't get flagged as new, so I didn't see it until now.
To answer your question, though, it's not a conversion van, just a regular window van.

Re: weight of a stock astro or v8 I guess

Posted: Fri Aug 29, 2008 6:43 pm
by Bikehauler
I take my van over the scale at the local land fill quite often.
With a 1/4 tank of fuel my 1990 cargo shorty is about 3900#.
When I first got the Van It was completly empty with no pannels on the walls, no stereo, just an empty cargo. It weighed in at 3700# with no fuel.(right on E) This was on the local truck scale. So it looks like my V8, stereo, and pannels added around 200#
Hope this helps.
Rocke :canuk:

Re: weight of a stock astro or v8 I guess

Posted: Tue Sep 09, 2008 3:12 pm
by tkic
my 98 awd LT with front ac only weights about 4700-4800 with the seats in. my previous car was a stripped 77 rabbit that weighed 1620. heh.