I'm going to be putting in at least 2 40-50 lb. bags of sand in my 91. The sand can also come in handy to spread around if you get stuck on ice. Or you could carry bags of cement, and if you get stuck, spread the cement around and sooner or later you'll have new pavement to drive off on!

 

Leave it alone, just use a light foot & keep a steady speed. Drove through many NY snow storms & never needed a tow. Though I had to use my mini shovel a few times. If the snow is too deep and the floor pan sits up on the snow, no amount of weight is going to help. The best deal is winter tires or snow cables around the wheels. Do not use chains as they can damage your fenders.

 

I do agree with z28Pete but in an auto you can be as steady as you want on the gas but your 1st gear I guarantee is going to break yourtires loose if your sitting on any amount of snow or ice without any weight in thehatch/trunk (unless you have a 2nd gear start button like me). Since you don't have a 2nd gear start button to use and if yours is an auto you have to start out in 1st gear whether you like it or not so I would def. get some tube sand. I used 2 70lbs last year and didn't have a problem here in St. Louis. But 50lbs is equivalent to having a small child in the trunk, so whatever you use to weigh it down use at least 80lbs. and I just put mine where my t-tops go in the hatchthat way it's out of the way, and doesn't slide around.

 

i put anywhere from 100-200 lbs. of sand usually helps but thats was with my 6 banger. for my z we'll have to wait and see...

 

ditto. i never had a problem with mine except the driveway when not plowed. all i had was studded tires and 2 subs in back. jus take it easy, cuz even with 300 pounds and studded tires you can still lose control if you horse it, especially with studded tires. they're only better on ice, every other surface they're worse.

 

If you have the stock V6 rear-end (non-posi) then I would urge you to get some weight back there. Non-posi rear-ends should never have been made in the first place, they were just used to cut costsalong with the hub-caps GM used on some early 4th gen Camaros. I just have the stock rear-endin my car and even in the rain it sucks. When I'm in the car by myself with no extra cargo, it's *** end light and with that pass. wheeldoing more of the pushingthen the dr. wheel whenever I make a 90degree right turn I have to completly let off the gas to keep that tire from spinning (since a lot of the weight is taken off the right side of the car).

 

Southeast.. right by the gulf. In orange, its near beaumont. About 2 hrs from houston, straight toward where the louisianna-texas border meets the gulf just about.

 

A few bare cylinder heads (cast) will do the trick.. If ya wanna do wheelies, I'd use a 455 Olds engine block.

 

i would go for around 125-150 pounds on each side. Try to keep it over the tires. Salt and sand bags work great so do blocks

 

I live in Central Illinois and we got a few inches of snowlast nightso I went out and bought some bags of sand.280 lbs to be exact, she rides a little lower but I don't have any problems with traction now.