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Old 08-22-2009, 10:38 PM   #11
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Thats sweet...good luck w/ all this reduction. Should be one quick snake when its all done. Any more power mods???
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Old 08-22-2009, 11:47 PM   #12
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awesome idea!:O i just did the "take every tool i own out of the trunk" weight reduction mod today and it makes a hell of a difference LOL
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Old 08-23-2009, 12:50 PM   #13
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mod's that matter are...lol

-NX 15lbs wet kit w/gen-x2 kit
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-eibach drags springs in rear w/bag


and im waiting for the funds to swap in a C4 w/ trans brake and a 4000-4400 stall
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Old 08-23-2009, 02:13 PM   #14
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"... i do have a 15lbs. bottle which will add ~75lbs. to the rear
Too bad it is not a 75lbs. bottle that adds only 15lbs. to the rear

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Old 08-23-2009, 03:24 PM   #15
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Too bad it is not a 75lbs. bottle that adds only 15lbs. to the rear

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Hes talking about the battery moved+ the bottle...
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Old 08-23-2009, 05:37 PM   #16
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Hey have you weighed it yet i did alot alot of weight reduction from wiperblade motor to everything you can think of last time i put it on scale it weighed 2860 just car. And since then i took some more stuff out Have you tracked it
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Hey have you weighed it yet i did alot alot of weight reduction from wiperblade motor to everything you can think of last time i put it on scale it weighed 2860 just car. And since then i took some more stuff out Have you tracked it
no i havent put it on a scale yet...what did you do use a truck one?
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Too bad it is not a 75lbs. bottle that adds only 15lbs. to the rear

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the empty bottle alone is almost 20lbs.

i have been told a full 15lbs bottle is almost 75lbs and a 10lbs is about 55lbs
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Old 08-23-2009, 06:59 PM   #19
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the empty bottle alone is almost 20lbs.

i have been told a full 15lbs bottle is almost 75lbs and a 10lbs is about 55lbs
That can't be right. My 10lb bottle weighs about 15lbs, and full it's around 25lbs.
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That can't be right. My 10lb bottle weighs about 15lbs, and full it's around 25lbs.
Same here. There's no way a full 15 lb bottle can weigh 75 lbs. 15 lbs of nitrous is 15 lbs.
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