by "-Amateur" (amateur)
Published 01/17/2017 at 12:43
by "-Amateur" (amateur)
Published 01/17/2017 at 12:43
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Project:Lightweight is still in full swing. I managed to strip out an additional 39.5 lbs today. The total running weight saved from the racecar is 92.5 lbs. Not to shabby!
Today’s approx weights (in lbs):
glove box 2
d. door panel trim+insulation 11
P. door panel trim+insulation 11
rear seatbelt restraint assemblies x2= 7 total
A pillar trim x2= 2 total
d. kick panel+speaker 2
p. kick panel+speaker +adjacent trim 3.5
misc bracketry 1
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"E90M3" (e90m3)
01/17/2017 at 12:51, STARS: 2
A long time ago, someone made a joke about a car not being a racecar if it had a horn and an armrest, those need to be next.
"SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie" (sidewaysondirt)
01/17/2017 at 12:53, STARS: 5
I have no horn or armrest!
"CB" (jrcb)
01/17/2017 at 12:53, STARS: 7
If you remove half of the lug nuts from the wheels, you’ll save even more weight.
/badadvice
/pleasedon’tdothat
"SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie" (sidewaysondirt)
01/17/2017 at 12:53, STARS: 1
I wish I recorded the weight I shaved off of Charlie. He doesn’t heven have a passenger seat at the moment.
"-Amateur" (amateur)
01/17/2017 at 13:07, STARS: 6
To save even MORE weight, I’ll just construct the rollcage with PVC piping and use caulk to simulate welds!
"-Amateur" (amateur)
01/17/2017 at 13:08, STARS: 0
I want to see Charlie! do you have a picture?
"-Amateur" (amateur)
01/17/2017 at 13:10, STARS: 2
This is going to be a pretty thorough shakedown. All weight in my way is going to crushed beneath my heel!
"Berang" (berang)
01/17/2017 at 13:21, STARS: 1
You know what you have to do now - get out the drill.
convert it into drillium
"HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles" (hondasfordsvolvo)
01/17/2017 at 13:25, STARS: 0
Phase 3: cuttting off everything behind the rear strut towers.
"SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie" (sidewaysondirt)
01/17/2017 at 13:29, STARS: 3
Charlie car is best car.
"SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie" (sidewaysondirt)
01/17/2017 at 13:38, STARS: 1
Remove the wheels and you have even
less
weight. It’s unsprung too, so that’s where it really matters.
"CB" (jrcb)
01/17/2017 at 13:41, STARS: 2
Motorcycles can make it with two wheels, so this logic checks out.
"dtg11 - is probably on an adventure with Clifford" (dtg11)
01/17/2017 at 13:48, STARS: 0
Hello fellow Illinoisan!
"Sweet Trav" (thespunbearing)
01/17/2017 at 13:54, STARS: 1
Thought of you.
http://detroit.craigslist.org/mcb/pts/5958880272.html
"-Amateur" (amateur)
01/18/2017 at 01:01, STARS: 0
That is awesome! Short wheelbase, mid-engine, and the weight of a pop can, I need an Mr2 in my life.
"-Amateur" (amateur)
01/18/2017 at 01:09, STARS: 0
Thanks! Add $500 more and you can actually buy a full running Beretta in it’s entirety lol. That’s actually the only set I’m missing in my plethora of parts. I have the Beretta Z26 wheels and the GTZ 5-spokes but don’t have the GTU/Indy’s.
"-Amateur" (amateur)
01/18/2017 at 01:10, STARS: 0
Still not enough holes, they missed drilling the tire sidewalls entirely!
"SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie" (sidewaysondirt)
01/18/2017 at 08:15, STARS: 1
Yep, it’s probably sitting around 1900 lbs at the moment. No power steering either, so every bump in the road gets felt through your hands when in a turn! Has a blacktop in it, so 150 hp, which is plenty.