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a Chevy V-8 would be lighter and have more oompah tho ;]
Originally Posted by V2Rocket
30 lbs delete...
thought this would be before/after photos of you in bike spandex
Would you believe I leave in a few minutes to go into Long Beach and pick up OD's LS7/968??? The nut left it there unlocked with the key under the seat and called me an hour ago and said that his plans changed and he's in Chicago. I knew he was leaving the car with me, I just thought I was gonna get some notice and he thought he was going to Hawaii
Would you believe I leave in a few minutes to go into Long Beach and pick up OD's LS7/968??? The nut left it there unlocked with the key under the seat and called me an hour ago and said that his plans changed and he's in Chicago. I knew he was leaving the car with me, I just thought I was gonna get some notice and he thought he was going to Hawaii
Would you believe I leave in a few minutes to go into Long Beach and pick up OD's LS7/968??? The nut left it there unlocked with the key under the seat and called me an hour ago and said that his plans changed and he's in Chicago. I knew he was leaving the car with me, I just thought I was gonna get some notice and he thought he was going to Hawaii
...i know you're short on space, you can park it at my house...leave the keys
I love living vicariously through other people's fabrications skills! Kudos!
But wait (or should I say weight?): if you're reveling in saving battery weight, why are you hauling around two bottles of anything in that compartment area???
And FWIW, I love weight reduction. My simple, DIYer Trackmeister is an 82SC and tips the official scales at 2550! I have precious little in engine mods and you bet I feeeeeel the difference after gutting it!
^^^ That is awesome, but did the entire set up cost you less than $150? My battery holder cost me a whopping $8.00 and a couple hours on drugs. I'd love having that, but I still have kids away at school and one on a mission.
Edward, how does my lowly cab weigh less than your race car? Hmm?? I used the tech scales at California Festival of Speed last year and kept track of every pound gained and lost since. Do you have a cage?
My car is a GT car more than anything. It is used for vacations and weekends away. It was built to sprint up the canyon, but almost exclusively used as a time machine to feel younger on weekends and trips. Parked all summer and parked all winter....come September I'll put rubber on my Maxilite 9's and take a trip back in time for a couple days with the wife.
Where in SoCal are you?
Oh, ya....why the oil thing...because I can. I always pack oil in a box on long trips for emergencies. I also pack a tool kit and octane booster.
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Edward, how does my lowly cab weigh less than your race car? Hmm?? I used the tech scales at California Festival of Speed last year and kept track of every pound gained and lost since. Do you have a cage?
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Where in SoCal are you?
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Oh, ya....why the oil thing...because I can. I always pack oil in a box on long trips for emergencies. I also pack a tool kit and octane booster. [/QUOTE]
My "race car" aint a "race" car per se, as I do Time Trial, and it's just a stock 82SC with very mild mods: SSI/Dansk, bolt-in roll bar, mild T-bars and Bilsteins sports, along which I dialed in as much neg camber as I could on the stock hats, and then got a proper alignment/corner balance from a well-known shop ...which is where I got the 2550 weight. So my weight reduction is really only from gutting interior, all AC/assoc. plumbing, and whetever misc. tidbits I found that I could unbolt. So nothing drastic, but 2550 is still a good couple o' hun+ loss from the stated curb weight of SCs so I'm a happy camper!!
Oh, and I'm just a bit north of the SF valley. Holler out
^^^ That is awesome, but did the entire set up cost you less than $150? My battery holder cost me a whopping $8.00 and a couple hours on drugs. I'd love having that, but I still have kids away at school and one on a mission.
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Where in SoCal are you?
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Oh, ya....why the oil thing...because I can. I always pack oil in a box on long trips for emergencies. I also pack a tool kit and octane booster.
Eff no. Yours is way cooler I just wasted $ on mine! mine had no skill involved just writing the check.
My "race car" aint a "race" car per se, as I do Time Trial, and it's just a stock 82SC with very mild mods: SSI/Dansk, bolt-in roll bar, mild T-bars and Bilsteins sports, along which I dialed in as much neg camber as I could on the stock hats, and then got a proper alignment/corner balance from a well-known shop ...which is where I got the 2550 weight. So my weight reduction is really only from gutting interior, all AC/assoc. plumbing, and whetever misc. tidbits I found that I could unbolt. So nothing drastic, but 2550 is still a good couple o' hun+ loss from the stated curb weight of SCs so I'm a happy camper!!
Oh, and I'm just a bit north of the SF valley. Holler out
Edward
Wait a sec....didn't I pick up a muffler from you years ago? Out by Magic Mountain?
08-10-2017, 11:59 PM
I always pack oil in a box on long trips for emergencies. I also pack a tool kit and octane booster. 
