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Posted by: Rough_Rider Nov 3 2004, 01:37 PM

Tips for reducing weight? there must be 100's of tricks you racers have used to reduce weight, care to pass a few on.

For what its worth i'm a newbie to this lightening game so have considered this lot for my 50/50 track/street car.
GRP body panels.
Lexan side & back windows
Strip interior carpets, backpad, radio
Remove blower motor & hoses
Switch heat exchangers to straight headers
Replace seats & runners with GRP & solid mounts
Drilling panels

Posted by: JmuRiz Nov 3 2004, 01:49 PM

Don't forget to remove the tar from the inside...that's a few good lbs right there. Not sure but maybe removing the seam sealer from the front/rear trunks might help a bit (if you are into saving ounces). Remove the windshield washer system, run a smaller battery.

Posted by: Howard Nov 3 2004, 01:58 PM

Atkins!

Posted by: SLITS Nov 3 2004, 02:05 PM

Acid dip everything - tell Howard to use ex-lax. He'll drop to the size of Herve
Villechaize.

Posted by: Howard Nov 3 2004, 02:07 PM

ouch!

Posted by: Jeroen Nov 3 2004, 02:16 PM

Ditch EVERYTHING you don't need to either sit in the car or make the car move
Drilling holes looks cool, but it's a lot of work with very little gain (or loss )

Posted by: kermit Nov 3 2004, 04:53 PM

1. Improve driving skills
2. Atkins
3. Put on lighter wheels

People don't like this answer, but its true.

Pound/$ ratio though, Lexan is hard to beat.

Posted by: Dominic Nov 3 2004, 04:57 PM

You beat me to it...I was gonna say put yer 914 on the Atkins diet. Translation: throw out all those fast food wrappers and clean the french fries out behind the seats...that good for a few ounces!

Posted by: redshift Nov 3 2004, 05:24 PM

salad

Posted by: SLITS Nov 3 2004, 05:25 PM

Polk Salad?

Posted by: hargray2 Nov 3 2004, 05:27 PM

Tubesteak!

Posted by: bob91403 Nov 3 2004, 05:51 PM

916 glass. Bumpers, rockers, fenders and quarter panels, trunk hoods, door skins. Should shave a few hundred pounds. Start drinking lite beer.

Posted by: Jeroen Nov 3 2004, 07:40 PM

Dude, I'm 160#
If I loose any weight, I'll be blown out of the car when driving with the top off

Posted by: cnavarro Nov 4 2004, 06:10 AM

Laxative and .... Nickies.

Charles Navarro
LN Engineering
http://www.LNengineering.com
Aircooled Precision Performance

Posted by: Mark Henry Nov 4 2004, 06:23 AM

I've been sick with shingles, lost 30lbs in 3 weeks....I wouldn't recommend a shingles diet plan though.

BTW the other shingles will add weight.


I'll have my Nickies soon!!!! Woo-Hoo!

Posted by: URY914 Nov 4 2004, 11:50 AM

Do everything I have done.

Paul

Posted by: J P Stein Nov 4 2004, 12:37 PM

Bring that thing to the "Driver Skills" session at the Rainbonnet Sunday morning at PIR....stay for the AX in the afternoon.
We kin swap some lies about how fast we're are gonna make our cars. The driving might help too.

Don't do what Paul has done. He's a barbarian.

The weather forcast is lookin' gud.