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Old May 3, 2005 | 01:54 AM
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For two tenths of a second? Isnt it a tenth of a second for every 100lbs shaved??? Doesn't seem all that worth it to me, unless its going to be strictly a track-only vehicle.
 
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Old May 3, 2005 | 02:34 AM
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i belive its about 1whp for every 10lbs so 125lbs saved so 12.5whp. thats a whole lot cheaper than say a stage 1 right?
 
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Old May 3, 2005 | 02:59 AM
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I took my front seat, back seat and spare out at the track one time. It was quick and easy to do (I took them all out in a matter of about 15 minutes). According to posthonda's list thats 111lbs I dropped.
 
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Old May 3, 2005 | 05:11 AM
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im nor sure if you seats and spare weigh the same as ours...maybe tho! at least 10WHP then
 
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Old May 3, 2005 | 12:16 PM
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I seems not worth it to take out anything other than the spare tire and jack. I like the fact that you can go to the track with more than yourself in the car and then go race. In my opinion I think gutting a car should be last resource of cutting your time down. Why take away from the nice interior when you can just add more mods. I know it is cheap to do but different strokes for different folk i guess. Later all.
 
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Old May 3, 2005 | 12:23 PM
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Its like free hp. And if you're just taking things out that you can put back then you're not really sacrificing anything.

Oroch- If I had to guess how much all the stuff weighs I took out I would have said about 150lbs, so 111lbs sounds more accurate and believeable .
 
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Old May 4, 2005 | 09:10 AM
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Very nice and complete list you have there, it's very informative.[sm=smiley20.gif]
 
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Old May 18, 2005 | 07:30 AM
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Speaker removal! those magnets are pretty hefty. Oh, and lexan windows are about half the weight of regular glass I believe, you can use thinner material though if you want to use it instead of the regular glass thickness, so it kinda varies.
 
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