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| Air_Cooled_Nut |
 Nov 4 2003, 11:58 PM
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914 Ronin - 914 owner who lost his 914club.com  Group: Members Posts: 1,748 Joined: 19-April 03 From: Beaverton, Oregon Member No.: 584 Region Association: None  |
QUOTE(URY914 @ Nov 4 2003, 06:53 PM) Yes Miles, It is true. You see I don't think anyone should have as much fun as I had with f/g. Once you start, there is no stopping the f/g need. I now have a f/g dog. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif) PAul (IMG:style_emoticons/default/lol2.gif) |
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| Lotus914 |
Nov 5 2003, 09:56 PM
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Newbie Group: Members Posts: 38 Joined: 10-October 03 From: bleak suburbia Member No.: 1,234 |
Hey Paul - you make a great point about just doing the bolt on bits. I've done a fair bit of this sort of thing, and think I can imagine what's involved. What makes the entire fender deal so difficult? Can you comment on the process? Removing the fenders is a real bitch for sure.
One question - if you took the fenders off and replaced them with glass, wouldn't you pretty much need a cage for stiffness? You'd have removed a lot of very securely attached, triangulatin' metal. Esp for a 300lb driver and passenger! Dave |
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| EdwardBlume |
Nov 5 2003, 10:20 PM
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914 Wizard Group: Members Posts: 12,338 Joined: 2-January 03 From: SLO Member No.: 81 Region Association: Central California 
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You can drop good weight by changing all the bolt ons. I'll point out the obvious too.... take out the friggin sound insulation in the engine bay and behind the seats if they're still there. Also, consider the floorboard insulation (some work required).
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| Hawktel |
 Nov 5 2003, 10:58 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 818 Joined: 2-April 03 From: Ogden Utah Member No.: 506 |
Thanks for the reply guys.
My car is already on a diet, having had the Sound Pad isulation removed. I've not pulled the seats and back pad to get to the rear firewall, but its going to undergoing a cleaning off all excess weight also. The cage issue is that I'm large enough that some places that have cage on other people's rides, is going to be occupied by sweet tender bits of Ed. I think at this point, I have to complete my Mods to make it drivable, and then I'll be able to better assess what I can do with a cage. I did have a cage question, why don't more people run a single stringer in the middle of the cabin from the windshield hoop, to the read targe hoop? |
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| Jeroen |
Nov 6 2003, 06:08 AM
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914 Guru Group: Members Posts: 7,887 Joined: 24-December 02 From: The Netherlands Member No.: 3 Region Association: Europe |
Because that ain't gonna help much in the body flex department
(the car will still be able to twist over it's longitudinal axis) And in case of a roll-over you still have a pretty big chance of the corners of the windshield hoop collapsing (and most likely to collapse inward to the driver/passenger - not good) If you're not going to race the car, you could build a custom cage with only a main hoop and some side protection Another idea is to get a steeringwheel quick release. This will make getting in and out of the car a lot easier cheers, Jeroen |
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