weight reduction
01-14-2008, 02:59 PM
#22
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RE: weight reduction
wow i never knew that much, how much less do they weight? not enough to really change anythign right??? a hatchback with rear seats removed will look alot better than a notch with no rear seats tho.
01-14-2008, 05:56 PM
#23
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RE: weight reduction
You are the one saying to remove AC and adding a"race" muffler to reduce weight. Or maybe just cut out some of the metal designed to keep you safe in an accident. How much do you really save with a race muffler? Or removing AC? When you are intent in reducing the weight of a car every little bit helps. So starting with a lighter platform to begin with and lightening from there makes more sense.
01-14-2008, 09:47 PM
#27
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RE: weight reduction
Those bars in the door weigh alot more then you think. Look down in there. There is a bar and a big plate in there. If you are building a real race/street car you will be putting a cage in it anyway. Like I said earlier I had a iron headed 460 in mine with a 8 point cage and full interior and it weighed 3120 lbs with stereo, speaker, and full tank of gas. And that was with a stock fuel tank. And back then I drove that car all over the place! A stock 302 Mustang weigh's more then that!!!
But I guess if you are not planning on going faster then 11.50's then you might want to leave the bars in for safety. But as they say No Guts, no Glory!!! "Real race car only have ONE seat" though!!!
They say for every 100 lbs you lose in your car that is 1/10th of a second faster you go in the quarter.
But I guess if you are not planning on going faster then 11.50's then you might want to leave the bars in for safety. But as they say No Guts, no Glory!!! "Real race car only have ONE seat" though!!!
They say for every 100 lbs you lose in your car that is 1/10th of a second faster you go in the quarter.
01-15-2008, 08:03 AM
#28
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RE: weight reduction
ORIGINAL: Angliagasser
Those bars in the door weigh alot more then you think. Look down in there. There is a bar and a big plate in there. If you are building a real race/street car you will be putting a cage in it anyway. Like I said earlier I had a iron headed 460 in mine with a 8 point cage and full interior and it weighed 3120 lbs with stereo, speaker, and full tank of gas. And that was with a stock fuel tank. And back then I drove that car all over the place! A stock 302 Mustang weigh's more then that!!!
But I guess if you are not planning on going faster then 11.50's then you might want to leave the bars in for safety. But as they say No Guts, no Glory!!! "Real race car only have ONE seat" though!!!
They say for every 100 lbs you lose in your car that is 1/10th of a second faster you go in the quarter.
Those bars in the door weigh alot more then you think. Look down in there. There is a bar and a big plate in there. If you are building a real race/street car you will be putting a cage in it anyway. Like I said earlier I had a iron headed 460 in mine with a 8 point cage and full interior and it weighed 3120 lbs with stereo, speaker, and full tank of gas. And that was with a stock fuel tank. And back then I drove that car all over the place! A stock 302 Mustang weigh's more then that!!!
But I guess if you are not planning on going faster then 11.50's then you might want to leave the bars in for safety. But as they say No Guts, no Glory!!! "Real race car only have ONE seat" though!!!
They say for every 100 lbs you lose in your car that is 1/10th of a second faster you go in the quarter.
If anyone wants pictures I have a door with the skin peeled back from the center (used a bit of it for a patch)
and if you want light doors, gut these completely, weld them shut, and use lexan for the window.......
o wait this is a street car.......
01-15-2008, 08:53 PM
#29
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RE: weight reduction
I'm not positive but I don't think you can have Lexan windows on street cars, but other than that the term "street car" can mean a lot to a lot of different people. Some say if you can drive it on the street it is a street car, others say it has to have ac, radio and at least most of an interior