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| Tweet Topic Started: May 9 2010, 06:34 PM (415 Views) | |
| black83zee | May 9 2010, 06:34 PM Post #1 |
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The latest Chevy High Performance Mag. has a great article on a drag 3rd Gen with a fiberglass front end. The numbers are incredible: Nose: 20lbs.!; hood: 16lbs.; doors are 10lbs each!; Dash: 4lbs.! Weight loss baby! Right Klowny?
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| Formula388 | May 9 2010, 06:42 PM Post #2 |
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Damn, my subscription just expried to that mag last month and i never renewed damn. |
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| Stinger | May 9 2010, 07:22 PM Post #3 |
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Somebody please build a track car with this setup. Lance you still got the blue guy? |
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| charged355 | May 9 2010, 08:42 PM Post #4 |
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That's a 25.5 chasis car, which means the cage is the frame and the body is just there for looks, hence why you can use fiberglass pannels, I like to make a street car fast but keep it a street car, u kno |
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| Stinger | May 9 2010, 08:57 PM Post #5 |
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- Rob BUILD: 1969 Nova SS clone, Sleeper/Street Machine - 327/Powerglide | |
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| 19transam86 | May 9 2010, 09:13 PM Post #6 |
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damn, that whole setup weighs nothing, pretty cool |
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| 1320B4U | May 9 2010, 09:46 PM Post #7 |
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Stan, if your really gune-ho on weight dropping you could probably shead at least 400lb's off your car by removing all contents in the trunk, carpet, interior plastics, rear seat, run a ligher wheel w/no spacers, lexan rear window, 2-piece rotors w/aluminum hats, etc. I take it your car is your daily driver when needed so i'm assuming you want some level of crash protection god forbid. |
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| black83zee | May 10 2010, 05:36 AM Post #8 |
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what? Me crash? Never!
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350, carb, headers, side exhaust, T-5, aluminum ds, Baer discs, Bilsteins, tubular a-arms, tubular torque arm, adjustable track bar and control arms. | |
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| klowny | May 10 2010, 10:21 AM Post #9 |
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hhmmmmm weight savings....
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| landtax | May 10 2010, 06:02 PM Post #10 |
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Removing unnecessary internal organs of the driver also saves a couple of pounds. |
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| black83zee | May 10 2010, 06:14 PM Post #11 |
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Oh Mucker.....
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350, carb, headers, side exhaust, T-5, aluminum ds, Baer discs, Bilsteins, tubular a-arms, tubular torque arm, adjustable track bar and control arms. | |
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| Stinger | May 10 2010, 07:57 PM Post #12 |
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already lol i know people who had to weight 30 something years for race weight fiberglass No-Go shells. And there not even easy to get, I know one place that makes them and there not all that informative on there website. Now, what is it, a year? since the 5th gens, hit the streets? fcuking camaros have all the fun.
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already lol i know people who had to weight 30 something years for race weight fiberglass No-Go shells. And there not even easy to get, I know one place that makes them and there not all that informative on there website. Now, what is it, a year? since the 5th gens, hit the streets? fcuking camaros have all the fun.
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