Re: Real world weight loss program and it` cost..........
[Re: JERICOGTX]
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04/01/13 08:49 PM
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Re: Real world weight loss program and it` cost..........
[Re: fullmetaljacket]
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04/02/13 10:40 AM
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My "goal" is to have a race car that isn't gutted looking, yet weigh in around 3000lbs or less. My GTX is 3430 with me in it. Still has factory front and rear seats, stock front steering etc. So far weighing all the things I've built, lightened, I've cut around 250lbs off. The Road Runner is a round tube back half 4 link car, so getting it around 2950 with me should be doable. Thanks for some of the ideas, some I have never thought about. Anyone have a old set of Moroso aluminum vavle covers laying around?
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Re: Real world weight loss program and it` cost..........
[Re: JERICOGTX]
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04/03/13 12:35 AM
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You can usually find 'em cheap at the swaps. Just check that they are not ba$tard child abortions after being misused and abused with the over tightening. I've seen 'em in very good condition for as little as $25 Dollars.
Good luck. It's an artform and a sense of achievement to start and make a full B-body light on the scales.
I have a few other cool ideas. I will post when they are finished and or realized in theory. Just as a foot note, I browse an awful lot of magazines on Formula 1 racing and dirt track racing where some parts can find their way into the violent world of Drag racing. I've also discovered ideas by simply visually studying parts and how and why they function. Some parts I can make with my eyes closed, but would probably put them in jeopardy of failing if not left alone as they are. As I say, choose your Collateral's wisely.
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Re: Real world weight loss program and it` cost..........
[Re: fullmetaljacket]
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04/03/13 01:55 PM
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I've read that some of the stocker guys run the smaller 7260 joints for less rotating mass.
Anyone run a carbon fiber driveshaft?
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Re: Real world weight loss program and it` cost..........
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04/03/13 02:44 PM
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Those stockers must have Automatic slush boxes because those 7260's would snap in a heart beat with a stick. I'm running one of the last or the last Dynotech metal matrix driveshafts. Light as a feather for what it is made of. The carbon shafts would shred on the street from rocks and foreign objects bouncing off its sides. Any little nic nac can create a stress point to start the shred.
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Re: Real world weight loss program and it` cost..........
[Re: fullmetaljacket]
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04/04/13 09:35 AM
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Here's what I call the pill box where the trans mount will reside in as part of the aluminum trans member. Its made out of 6061 T6 as well. I will photograph it in segments as I go along putting it all together. This pill box is obviously a thicker gauge aluminum then the cross member bridge itself so that it can take the torque better. Man, If I ever get off my lazed up seating and learn how to tig weld aluminum, the world will never be the same. LOL. Maybe I'll take a course this coming Summer. My friends are exhausted of me. LOL.
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Re: Real world weight loss program and it` cost..........
[Re: pinkduster]
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04/07/13 09:01 AM
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So here is the home made wood jig complete with plastic bolts to simulate the mounting of the cross member and its straightness to the chassis. The wood is temporarily glued to the bench to prevent movement away from my bench marks.
Last edited by fullmetaljacket; 04/07/13 09:05 AM.
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