Re: Real world weight loss program and it` cost..........
[Re: Thumperdart]
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11/04/14 03:35 PM
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Crazy as it sounds, I am in the process of switching to a Thermoquad from a Proform 750 double pumper. I weighed both carbs.; Proform = 10 lbs. TQ = 5 lbs. The Proform had gas in the bowls (couple ozs. maybe) but either way it's essentially double the TQ. Obviously the phenolic bowls are where the weight savings are but still, 5 lbs is a lot. Lighter, more total CFM and cooler fuel = large bucket of win!
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Re: Real world weight loss program and it` cost..........
[Re: fullmetaljacket]
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11/12/14 01:11 AM
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Just found another trick that my resident co-conspirator friend Special K mentioned. On cars with the pot metal lower fender Pentastars, change 'em to the 66' and later plastic Pentastars. An ounce right there. LOL. Serious! Though he thinks I'm a looney with this stuff, look at what he's thinking about lately. Who's looney now. LOL.
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Re: Real world weight loss program and it` cost..........
[Re: fullmetaljacket]
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12/04/14 02:38 AM
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Lee, I don't remember seeing it here in this thread so I'll ask - did you/would you swiss cheese the sills? You can hide the holes under the sill plates. Might be a pound or two there.
My winter lightening project is to build a new motor. Might even shave a few pounds with a cast crank.
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Re: Real world weight loss program and it` cost..........
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12/04/14 03:21 AM
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Speaking of losing weight on the crank, you did read about Ford using a flat crank in the 2015 Mustang variant V8's. That has to take more weight off than just using a cast crank. Evidently they worked out the harmonics problem.... and I didn't read anything about separate balance shafts either. I'm waiting to see that become the big thing in performance engines.
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Re: Real world weight loss program and it` cost..........
[Re: fullmetaljacket]
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12/05/14 03:08 PM
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Yeah I agree with you, the car's going to get a CM bar as soon as I get the rest of the interior panels welded back in - doing those first so I can get to them. FWIW they cut out the inner quarter structure and bolted the windows up. Here's another "trick" from the car
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