weight reduction ideas
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Hmm, 10 lbs = 1 hp
Power steering pump and hoses.
Lots of insulation on firewall, floorboards, and in the doors.
The fuel tank can be replaced by a smaller fuel cell and it can be located to provide a better balance.
If you used a 3000 lb car and 300 hp as a bases.
A 10% reduction in weight yields the following:
11% more stopping power per lb
11% more contact patch per lb
11% more hp per lb
In addition the ride will be comparably stiffer because you have the same spring rate with fewer lbs riding on it
You will get better gas mileage .
Later,
Power steering pump and hoses.
Lots of insulation on firewall, floorboards, and in the doors.
The fuel tank can be replaced by a smaller fuel cell and it can be located to provide a better balance.
If you used a 3000 lb car and 300 hp as a bases.
A 10% reduction in weight yields the following:
11% more stopping power per lb
11% more contact patch per lb
11% more hp per lb
In addition the ride will be comparably stiffer because you have the same spring rate with fewer lbs riding on it
You will get better gas mileage .
Later,
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the lightest possible is a two seater body
They do a L/H drive and solves the old what to do with the e30 Grandmother loved. Not a crotch rocket but a definate second childhood toy.
http://www.marlinracing.co.uk/
Later,
They do a L/H drive and solves the old what to do with the e30 Grandmother loved. Not a crotch rocket but a definate second childhood toy.
http://www.marlinracing.co.uk/
Later,
