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Old Sep 25, 2003 | 09:47 PM
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Weighed my car tonight.

I weighed it with my heavy *** Work Meister wheels on it. My car weighed in at 2,350 lbs. I sat in the car and my race weight is 2595 which comes out to my exact body weight.


I knew it would be light but not that light. Sounds like I'll have fun at the track tommorow night


1993 RX7 R1 :

Here are pictures just in case you think my car is stripped. It's not!!!

http://f2.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ericastincheatham
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Old Sep 26, 2003 | 07:57 AM
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Your lightness is impressive. My rotary Corolla is only 200# lighter than you(2400# race weight). Post your "weight lost" mods.
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Old Sep 26, 2003 | 09:11 AM
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now is that with a full tank of gas or empty...
my 1st time on track i had weighed my car w/ a full tank, and after qualifying they weighed everybody and i was under the allowed weight.... i had forgotten about the extra weight of fuel about forgot the counter wieghts...
DOH!!!!!!!!!!!
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Old Sep 26, 2003 | 10:37 AM
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That was with a 1/4 tank of gas.
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Old Sep 26, 2003 | 12:28 PM
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So what are the weight reduction mods you did to it?
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Old Sep 27, 2003 | 02:22 AM
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What rear end setup are you running?
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Old Sep 27, 2003 | 08:24 AM
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Ford Mustang 8.8/ 4 link
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Old Sep 28, 2003 | 10:41 AM
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I guess weight reduction mods are a secret...that's cool.
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Old Sep 30, 2003 | 04:44 AM
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awesome, thats real light, now to just do some weight reduction mods on yourself, cut 20 or 30lbs
what bhp do you have? I know you have a lot, but itd be cool to see your outrageous power/weight ratio
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Old Sep 30, 2003 | 01:09 PM
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That is very light!

My FD weighed in at 2,800lbs.
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Old Sep 30, 2003 | 07:45 PM
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When I got my FB weighed - it was 1500lbs

But that was when it got weighed at the scrappy's, so it was basically the shell, tranny, and axles

I got £9 for it (£14 per ton)
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Old Oct 1, 2003 | 05:52 PM
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any pointers for losing weight besides the obvious: heavy stock exhaust, smog pump, cruise control, sparcos etc.

any titanium or CF in your setup? inquiring reader want to know.
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Old Oct 1, 2003 | 09:06 PM
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Originally posted by Tanabe
any pointers for losing weight besides the obvious: heavy stock exhaust, smog pump, cruise control, sparcos etc.

any titanium or CF in your setup? inquiring reader want to know.
Nah man, he is not going to tell us...he is just teasing us with those numbers
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Old Oct 2, 2003 | 07:02 PM
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so the car weighs about 2700 with a full tank a gas? Not that big of a secrete, Im going to wiegh mine when I get the motor in. Also do you have full interior?
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Old Oct 3, 2003 | 08:37 AM
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what did you run for times at the track?
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Old Oct 3, 2003 | 09:39 AM
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I made it about half way to the track before my already damaged 3.73 gears locked up on me. Putting 4.30's in sunday so back to the track on tuesday.
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