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Subject:      Re: WANTED: A list of engine weights
From:         "Bill Lewis" <bill@wrljet.com>
Date:         1997/01/10
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Here's a file I got of the net somewhere along the way...

/Bill


                 Engine Weight FYI    version 94.08.01
            by Dave Williams, dave.williams@chaos.lrk.ar.us

  It isn't really a Frequently Asked Question, so I'll call it an 
"FYI", For Your Information.  This was originally a list I'd compiled 
long ago on paper, then moved to the computer, then posted on the net 
as a response to some questions.  It wound up being popular, but since 
I didn't keep track of the origin of the data there was some debate as 
to how accurate the list was.  This new improved list has origins 
where I could find references; what doesn't have an origin is stuff 
from my original list.

  You'll sometimes see more than one weight listed.  Some weights are 
for just a long block, some are complete and ready to run, and of 
course everything in between.  Some engines varied in weight during 
their production runs - for example, some later Chevy V8s use thinwall 
blocks and aluminum heads.

  If you have any figures you'd like to contribute, please send them to
me at one of the following addresses:

        dave.williams@chaos.lrk.ar.us

                       weight
     engine            pounds   ref.       comments

Alfasud flat-4          240     (2) (19) "complete"
Alfa Romeo SOHC V6      375     (2)
Alfa Romeo 415/85T      279     (31) F1 four, '87 season
AMC V8                  540         (late design V8s)
AMC V8                  600         (early design V8s)
AMC 6                   500         (early design six - 199)
Audi 2.0 L4             335     (2)
Audi 5                  364     (2) (non-turbo)
Audi 80 1300            230     (2)
Audi 100 1500           240     (2)
Austin C-series L6      562     (2) ('56 Austin-Healey 100-6)

BL "B" L4 OHV           335     (2)
BL "E" L6               345     (2)  ("complete")
BL "O" L4 OHC           298     (2)
BMW M52 3.3,3.5 Big Six 500     (2)
BMW M60 B 40 4.0 V8     468     (17)
BMW M60 Small Six       388     (2)
BMW slant-6 turbodiesel 430
BMW 4.5L V12            607     (2) (50) "Fully dressed" prototype
BMW 4.5L V12            974     (57) iron prototype
BMW M105 Diesel 6 2.5L  430     (4)
BMW 2.3 turbo Diesel    408     (21) iron block, alum head, "complete"
BMW 5.0 V12             529     (22) (57) "fully dressed"
BMW S14 four            350     (23) 318i motor
Buick 1953 322 V8       635     (51) OHV V8
Buick 350               450
Buick 401               685     (1) ('59 Nail Head)
Buick 430-455 V8        600         (one ref showed 640) (10 - 600)
Buick 1963 odd-fire V6  414     (2)
Buick V6                375
Buick 3.0 V6 '85-up     350
Buick/Rover 215 V8      318         (and Olds)
Buick 1961 215 V8       324     (2)

Cadillac V8 390         720     (1) ('59)
Cadillac V8 472-500     625
Cadillac V8 500         595     (10)
Cadillac V-16           1,300   (2) (1931)
Cadillac 331 V8         699     (2) (1949)
Callaway Indy HH-V8     277     (54) 2.6L Drake design
Chevy Corvair flat 6    300
Chevy Sprint 993cc L4   147     (55) 24L x 20W x 25H  (Suzuki mfr)
Chevy 1.8-2.0 L4        302     (4) (39) "J car" pushrod
Chevy Chevette 1.6 SOHC 300     (4) (39) (also Opel)
Chevy Vega L4           285
Chevy II 153 L4         350
Chevy L6 194-250        440
Chevy L6 292            ---
Chevy L6 216/235        630     (2)
Chevy V6-90 229, 4.3    425
Chevy V6-60 2.8, 3.1    350     (2)
Chevy small block V8    575         (generic for '60s-'70s motors)
Chevy small block V8    535     (1) ('59 Corvette 283 w/alum. intake)
Chevy V8 348/409        620     (1)
Chevy big block V8      685         Mark IV
Chevy big block V8      ---         Mark V
Chevy 454               675     (10)
Chevy 427 ZL-1          550     (35) all-aluminum, "20# lighter than SB"
Chrysler 2.2 L4         216     (6) (bare motor)
Chrysler 413 wedge      640     (1) ('59 300-E)
Chrysler 331 Hemi       745     (5) 1955
Citroen 2.0 Douvrin 4   263
Cosworth AC V8 ('93)    286     (23,64)  75 degree bank angle
Cosworth HB 75 deg V8   309     (52,63)  23.4L x 23.3W x 20.5H
Cosworth DFV V8         313     (23) 90 degree bank angle