Abigail Project: Lightweight PT. 4

"-Amateur" (amateur) 01/20/2017 at 23:19 • Filed to: None

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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 > -Amateur 01/20/2017 at 23:24

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According to this guy you could save about 30lbs by replacing your battery with super capacitors.

MonkeePuzzle > -Amateur 01/20/2017 at 23:24

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this is some very classic weight savings

-Amateur > MonkeePuzzle 01/20/2017 at 23:33

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It took longer than I care to admit just to make all those holes.

MonkeePuzzle > -Amateur 01/20/2017 at 23:36

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yes, but you weren’t out doing drugs, being mistreated by cheap women, or rigging foreign elections.

so... time better spent

-Amateur > HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles 01/20/2017 at 23:36

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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 > MonkeePuzzle 01/20/2017 at 23:41

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Hey, don’t drag me into this :P

AMGtech - now with more recalls! > MonkeePuzzle 01/20/2017 at 23:46

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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 > AMGtech - now with more recalls! 01/20/2017 at 23:55

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Just heartbreak and alcoholism. Ask me how I know.

RallyWrench > -Amateur 01/21/2017 at 00:08

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You could get away with hole-sawing some larger holes in it, easy.

RallyWrench > MonkeePuzzle 01/21/2017 at 00:10

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Better than being mistreated by expensive ones.

gmctavish needs more space > -Amateur 01/21/2017 at 01:27

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Speed holes!

shop-teacher > AMGtech - now with more recalls! 01/21/2017 at 06:26

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You’re doing it wrong then.

The Lurktastic Opponaught > -Amateur 01/21/2017 at 08:07

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Ahh, the favorite lightweight material of mechanical engineers everywhere: drillium.

HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles > -Amateur 01/21/2017 at 08:29

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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.