Do B-bodies generally weigh less than E-bodies? If so, how?

[chrisII]

if i am reading correct the charger is the heavyweight of B bodys, as i would have expected even an equaly optioned charger shuld come up about 100 to 200 lbs heavyer depending on the year. take a look at a 69 charger next to a 69 runner. the chassis might all be the same but the charger is a heavyer body, with better sound deadner and nicer interior ect.

as for the 71 runner being a nimble car with a small block, I would have to agree that i love the way my small block 72 drives. i have a heavyer front sway bar, and a challenger rear sway bar set up for it, then it will drive the way i like. and the 380 crate motor will be plenty of giddyup for me.

[TheGhost]

how does a R/T challenger and T/A weigh the same? I assume they weighed a 383 R/T(standard engine) you would think the big block weighs more? even if their close I doubt they would weigh the same. I have some books with old tests and on one they tested 70 cuda's 340 weighed 3625  440-6 weighed 3720 and hemi weighed 3880 Also had 71 road runners tested 383 3950 and 440-6 4050 , 73 charger 440 4090 another test had a 68 hemi charger at 4035. Also depends if the cars were weighed with a full tank of gas. I think Also the car companies back then may have  said the cars were heavier then they were same as they may have been underrated for horsepower to keep the insurance and safety groups at bay.

Couldn't you get a Challenger RT with a 340 ?

Yes.  In 70 and 71, the 383 was standard, with the 340, 440, 440-6, and HEMI as options on the R/T models.

In 72-74, the 318 was standard, with the 340/360 as options, and like the Charger, the R/T package was replaced by the Rallye package.

[Brock Samson]

the 340 was not an option on R/Ts. The 340 was a six-pack offered up in the T/As and AARS.. they should be the lightweights but the figgures here don't show this at all...

[bull]

Other than the Challenger T/A was there a 340 offered in a Dodge at all, or was it only Plymouth?

[Ghoste]

Yes, Dodge offered the 340 in Challengers (it's the Challenger RT that had no 340, the standard one could get it), Darts, and some 3rd gen Chargers.

[Lowprofile]

I don't get this either:

Dodge Challenger R/T    3402
Dodge Challenger T/A    3402
Dodge Charger R/T    3638
Dodge Coronet R/T    3573
Dodge Coronet Super Bee    3390

Why does a Super Bee weigh 183 lbs. less than a Coronet R/T and 12 lbs less than a Challenger?

Super Bees/Roadrunners were "Base" cars  ie: a starting point......V-8 Auto/4-Speed, Posi......Not really heavily optioned. More options= more weight. and when your racing, every lb. counts.

just my 

[knkmoparparts]

I just went out to the garage and put my 69 383 4-speed Roadruunner on my stock car scales, and it weighed in at 3433 LBS. This is a 2 door hardtop....

[Brock Samson]

Finally weighed my '71 340 Road Runner,..
3,650 Lbs.        vs. my '69 440 R/T S.E. Charger at
3,800 Lbs.
i would think the runner would be even lighter..