by "-Amateur" (amateur)
Published 01/20/2017 at 23:19
by "-Amateur" (amateur)
Published 01/20/2017 at 23:19
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Today I focused on the stock steel hood. I really don’t want to pay hundreds of dollars for a fiberglass one so I got a little creative!
The hood weighs 40 lbs as is. I Choppy chopped some center bracing and put holes in the hood while still keeping structural integrity to utilize the hood latch. I could’ve done a lot more but I don’t want to switch over to hood pins.
All in all, it netted a weight savings of 5 lbs so the hood now weighs 35 lbs. Total weight stripped from Abigail now stands at 103.5 lbs so far.
Here’s some of the metal shavings I managed to collect from drilling those holes:
"HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles" (hondasfordsvolvo)
01/20/2017 at 23:24, STARS: 2
According to this guy you could save about 30lbs by replacing your battery with super capacitors.
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"MonkeePuzzle" (monkeypuzzle)
01/20/2017 at 23:24, STARS: 1
this is some very classic weight savings
"-Amateur" (amateur)
01/20/2017 at 23:33, STARS: 0
It took longer than I care to admit just to make all those holes.
"MonkeePuzzle" (monkeypuzzle)
01/20/2017 at 23:36, STARS: 9
yes, but you weren’t out doing drugs, being mistreated by cheap women, or rigging foreign elections.
so... time better spent
"-Amateur" (amateur)
01/20/2017 at 23:36, STARS: 0
Interesting! I’m leaning towards a battery downsize because car batteries are heavy. It’ll go well with my high torque mini-starter since that puppie requires probably 40% less electricity to run vs a normal one.
"interstate366, now In The Industry" (interstate366)
01/20/2017 at 23:41, STARS: 2
Hey, don’t drag me into this :P
"AMGtech - now with more recalls!" (amgtech)
01/20/2017 at 23:46, STARS: 3
What’s wrong with being mistreated by cheap women? There aren’t any last side effects from that one. Usually.
"interstate366, now In The Industry" (interstate366)
01/20/2017 at 23:55, STARS: 1
Just heartbreak and alcoholism. Ask me how I know.
"RallyWrench" (rndlitebmw)
01/21/2017 at 00:08, STARS: 3
You could get away with hole-sawing some larger holes in it, easy.
"RallyWrench" (rndlitebmw)
01/21/2017 at 00:10, STARS: 2
Better than being mistreated by expensive ones.
"gmctavish needs more space" (gmctavish)
01/21/2017 at 01:27, STARS: 0
Speed holes!
"shop-teacher" (shop-teacher)
01/21/2017 at 06:26, STARS: 0
You’re doing it wrong then.
"The Lurktastic Opponaught" (oppolurker)
01/21/2017 at 08:07, STARS: 2
Ahh, the favorite lightweight material of mechanical engineers everywhere: drillium.
"HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles" (hondasfordsvolvo)
01/21/2017 at 08:29, STARS: 1
Yeah, it seems like for a daily driver it wouldn’t be reliable enough, but for a racecar with a quick disconnect on the “battery” I’d say it should work just fine.