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Sep 3, 2006 | 07:54 PM

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g11ary

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yes it finished
2.15kg lighter than stock saving 35% of weight.
Really pleased with it.

Sep 3, 2006 | 08:12 PM

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yes it finished
2.15kg lighter than stock saving 35% of weight.
Really pleased with it.

Almost 5 pounds less than the stock shaft? Impressive.
Want to send me one so I can test it out and compare to my ACPT shaft?

Sep 3, 2006 | 08:14 PM

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Tim Benton

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So it weighs 8.15 lbs compared to the 11 for the ACPT and 14 for stock. Nicely done. Any tested with it on a car, wishing for a before and after maybe

Tim

Sep 3, 2006 | 08:37 PM

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rotary extreme sells an aluminum one.

http://www.rotaryextreme.com/fdindex.html

anyone tried an aluminum one? it claims it only weighs 11lbs.

Sep 3, 2006 | 08:45 PM

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I believe stock is aluminum.

Sep 3, 2006 | 09:01 PM

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will a rx-8 CF d/s fit an fd?

Sep 3, 2006 | 10:38 PM

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will a rx-8 CF d/s fit an fd?

I have no idea,
but common sense says not a chance in hell.

Sep 3, 2006 | 10:45 PM

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Even if it did, which I doubt because I'm sure someone in Japan would have tried it long ago, it would probably cost more than the after market ones for the FD.

Sep 4, 2006 | 03:14 AM

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g11ary

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Almost 5 pounds less than the stock shaft? Impressive.
Want to send me one so I can test it out and compare to my ACPT shaft?

I'll pop 2 in the post :-)

Sep 4, 2006 | 03:16 AM

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g11ary

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will a rx-8 CF d/s fit an fd?

No its different

Sep 4, 2006 | 09:47 AM

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metal ones have been known to come through the floor pan or dig in to the road/track and flip the car.

That is just an urban legend. I was wondering how much truth there was to it, and then I saw it on Mythbusters. They tried multiple times and couldn't duplicate anything of that sort.