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I'm moving the oil cooler on the front of my 914-6 conversion and started a dangerous train of thought that is likely to keep my car on jack stands for months longer and empty my wallet (even emptier than it already is).
Rather than cut a notch in my existing steel bumper and valance I thought, why not buy a fiberglass 916 bumper (or a 914GT bumper and valence). That would save a few pounds. While I'm at it, I could also get some fiberglass flares, fiberglass front and rear deck lids, and a fiberglass rear bumper. I hope you folks can help me decide how far to go by answering a few questions: 1. How much weight is saved by replacing the steel bumpers with fiberglass? 2. If I go for flares, do you recommend 7 front/9 rear or 9 front/11 rear? 3. How much more weight can be saved by going to fiberglass deck lids, etc? 4. I assume that I give up all of the protection of the steel bumpers if I go FG. Right? For reference, I'm buildling a 3.2L short stroke engine for this car with twin-plug heads, 9.5:1 compression, and Megasquirt fuel injection. It should be over 250hp. |
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On my '72, the front and rear bumpers with the rubber tops weigh in at about 17.5 lbs each. IIRC, the fg units weigh in at about 5 lbs, That's about 12.5 lbs off each end. The front and rear deck lids weigh about 30.5 lbs each. The fg units should be about 10 lbs each. That's another 20 lbs off each end. Total weight savings about 65 lbs. I'm going to try and do my own deck lids. Should be fun getting them to be as lite as possible (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif)
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