Abigail Project: Lightweight PT.2

"-Amateur" (amateur) 01/17/2017 at 12:43 • Filed to: None

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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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Part 1

E90M3 > -Amateur 01/17/2017 at 12:51

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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 > E90M3 01/17/2017 at 12:53

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I have no horn or armrest!

CB > -Amateur 01/17/2017 at 12:53

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If you remove half of the lug nuts from the wheels, you’ll save even more weight.

/badadvice

/pleasedon’tdothat

SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie > -Amateur 01/17/2017 at 12:53

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I wish I recorded the weight I shaved off of Charlie. He doesn’t heven have a passenger seat at the moment.

-Amateur > CB 01/17/2017 at 13:07

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To save even MORE weight, I’ll just construct the rollcage with PVC piping and use caulk to simulate welds!

-Amateur > SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie 01/17/2017 at 13:08

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I want to see Charlie! do you have a picture?

-Amateur > E90M3 01/17/2017 at 13:10

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This is going to be a pretty thorough shakedown. All weight in my way is going to crushed beneath my heel!

Berang > -Amateur 01/17/2017 at 13:21

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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 > -Amateur 01/17/2017 at 13:25

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Phase 3: cuttting off everything behind the rear strut towers.

SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie > -Amateur 01/17/2017 at 13:29

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Charlie car is best car.

SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie > CB 01/17/2017 at 13:38

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Remove the wheels and you have even less weight. It’s unsprung too, so that’s where it really matters.

CB > SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie 01/17/2017 at 13:41

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Motorcycles can make it with two wheels, so this logic checks out.

dtg11 - is probably on an adventure with Clifford > -Amateur 01/17/2017 at 13:48

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Hello fellow Illinoisan!

Sweet Trav > -Amateur 01/17/2017 at 13:54

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Thought of you.

http://detroit.craigslist.org/mcb/pts/5958880272.html

-Amateur > SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie 01/18/2017 at 01:01

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That is awesome! Short wheelbase, mid-engine, and the weight of a pop can, I need an Mr2 in my life.

-Amateur > Sweet Trav 01/18/2017 at 01:09

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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 > Berang 01/18/2017 at 01:10

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Still not enough holes, they missed drilling the tire sidewalls entirely!

SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie > -Amateur 01/18/2017 at 08:15

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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.