It's my understanding that some of the folks doing land speed at multiple hundreds of mph add weight to the car to keep it on the ground.
Well, Red was born a poor red brick. And everything I've done to him has added weight. The blower, big brakes and rotors, by-10 wheels and tires, Roush suspension, brake cooling hoses, drive shaft hoop, strut cross brace, shark bar harness mount and 5 point harness....
This current project has me thinking. Remove both the stock front seats, that's minus 99 pounds. 56 driver side, 53 passenger side. Install 30 pounds, 18 for the Corbeau seat and 12 for the seat rail. Remove the shark bar, that's minus probably 15 pounds. Install the roll bar, its shipping weight is 71 pounds.
Red's gonna lose 13 pounds in this deal. I'll make sure his ashtray is empty before I run him down the track and maybe he'll go 30 mph faster.
Well, Red was born a poor red brick. And everything I've done to him has added weight. The blower, big brakes and rotors, by-10 wheels and tires, Roush suspension, brake cooling hoses, drive shaft hoop, strut cross brace, shark bar harness mount and 5 point harness....
This current project has me thinking. Remove both the stock front seats, that's minus 99 pounds. 56 driver side, 53 passenger side. Install 30 pounds, 18 for the Corbeau seat and 12 for the seat rail. Remove the shark bar, that's minus probably 15 pounds. Install the roll bar, its shipping weight is 71 pounds.
Red's gonna lose 13 pounds in this deal. I'll make sure his ashtray is empty before I run him down the track and maybe he'll go 30 mph faster.
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